Since 2019, there has been an obligation to keep a record of working hours. What changes in 2026 is not the obligation — it is the how: the new Royal Decree requires that this record be digital, unalterable, and remotely accessible for the Labor Inspectorate. For many companies that have been using Excel or a signed notebook for years, this implies a real change of tool, not of mindset. What is coming: what you need to have, when, and why waiting until the last minute usually turns out to be expensive.