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# Time clock for real estate agencies: working-time record with no devices

Short answer

A real estate agency can meet the electronic working-time record requirement from each person's phone, with location confirmed only at the moment of recording. The law requires recording each person's start and end time; it does not require a wall-mounted time clock.

## How work happens at a real estate agency

A real estate agency has agents, coordinators, administrative staff and receptionists, with client appointments in the afternoons and on weekends, at different properties. That creates three challenges for measuring working time:

- Agents show properties on weekends.
- They are hardly ever in the office.
- Employees and independent agents are mixed together.

## What the law requires of real estate agencies

Since the 2026 reform, the Federal Labor Law requires recording electronically the start and end time of each worker's workday (article 132, section XXXIV). Failing to do so is fined 250 to 5,000 UMA. The STPS will define who it applies to and what exceptions there will be. The details are in [the reform guide](https://sicheca.com/en/reforma-laboral-2027).

**Sundays.** Someone who works on a Sunday is entitled to a premium of at least 25% of one day's wage. The record tells you which Sundays each person worked.

**Work outside the premises.** The time a person is at the company's disposal is working time, even if they are not at your facilities.

## How to record working time at a real estate agency

1. Register your team and their shifts.
2. Each person clocks in from their phone where their shift begins.
3. The location is captured only when clocking in; there is no tracking during the day.
4. You see in one place who has already started, who is missing and where they clocked in.

**Example.** Only people with an employment relationship go into the record. The employed agent records with location at their first appointment.

## Calculate the Sunday premium

## How to do the math by hand

With $400 per day, the premium for one Sunday is 400 × 25% = $100. If the person worked all four Sundays of the month, it is $400.

## Common mistakes at a real estate agency

- Keeping attendance from memory or in a notebook.
- Recording the clock-in and forgetting the clock-out.
- Not identifying which Sundays each person worked.
- Asking staff who work offsite to stop by the office just to clock in.

## What to check every day and every week

**Every day.**

- Who did not record their clock-in or clock-out.
- Records made in unexpected places.
- Departures later than planned.

**Every week.**

- Each person's overtime against the weekly cap.
- Sundays worked, for the Sunday premium.
- Rest days that were actually taken.

## How much an overtime hour costs: example in pesos

Suppose a daily wage of $600 on a day shift. The ordinary hourly rate is $75. One overtime hour at double time costs $150 and one at triple time, $225. If a person works 9 overtime hours in a week in 2027, that is $1,350 extra.

It is an example to show the calculation, not a reference wage for the sector.

## What changes every year, from 2026 to 2030

| Year | Maximum working hours | Double-time overtime | Triple-time overtime |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 48 h | 9 h | 4 h |
| 2027 | 46 h | 9 h | 4 h |
| 2028 | 44 h | 10 h | 4 h |
| 2029 | 42 h | 11 h | 4 h |
| 2030 | 40 h | 12 h | 4 h |

Decree published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on May 1, 2026, second and fourth transitory provisions, and article 68 of the LFT. Each change applies from January 1.

## Related terms

**[IMSS contributions: what they are and who pays them](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/cuotas-del-imss).** Employer-employee contributions are the payments to the IMSS that fund social security.

**[What is attendance control](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/control-de-asistencia).** Attendance control is any means of knowing who came to work and at what time.

**[Day shift: schedule and maximum length](https://sicheca.com/en/blog/jornada-diurna).** The day shift is the one worked between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does a real estate agency need to buy a time clock?

No. The law requires an electronic record of working time, not a device. An app on a phone complies.

### What options are there for recording working time?

An app on each person's phone, a shared tablet or a clock connected to a system. All three comply if they generate an electronic record per person, with a start and an end time.

### How do I know how much Sunday premium to pay?

With the record you know which Sundays each person worked; the premium is at least 25% of one day's wage.

### Is staff tracked during the day?

No. The location is used only at the moment of recording.

### Is the reform already in force?

Yes. The reform to the Federal Labor Law took effect on May 1, 2026. The reduction in working hours starts on January 1, 2027.

## Legal basis and sources

- Electronic working-time record: article 132, section XXXIV, of the LFT and fifth transitory provision of the decree.
- Overtime: articles 66 and 68 of the LFT and fourth transitory provision of the decree.
- Working hours: articles 58 to 64 of the LFT and second transitory provision of the decree.
- [Decree amending the Federal Labor Law on the reduction of the working week](https://sidof.segob.gob.mx/notas/docFuente/5786537). Official Gazette of the Federation, May 1, 2026.
- [Federal Labor Law, current text](https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LFT.pdf). Chamber of Deputies.

**How we write this content.** The Sicheca team writes it from the official text of the law. When something is not yet defined by the authority, we say so. It is general information and does not replace the advice of a lawyer or an accountant.

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