Payroll & DATEV
From clock-in to DATEV — without media breaks
Surcharges are calculated automatically, exports are DATEV-Lodas compatible and ready for payroll accounting.
Surcharges
Night, Sunday and holiday surcharges calculated automatically
Configurable surcharge rules compute surcharges from your time bookings. No manual spreadsheet maintenance, no Excel macros, less double-entry at month-end.
- Night surcharge calculable based on a defined rule set
- Sunday surcharge automatic from 00:00
- Holiday surcharge varies by German state
- Overtime thresholds configurable per pay agreement
Payroll models
Supported payroll models
Whether fixed salary, hourly rate or individual hourly rates: lumen.hr supports common payroll models and calculates based on the configured rules.
Fixed salary
Monthly fixed salary with pro-rata calculation for mid-year joiners and leavers.
Hourly rate
Hour-accurate payroll based on captured time bookings, including configured surcharges.
Individual hourly rates
Different hourly rates per person, role or location possible.
DATEV export
LODAS CSV, directly importable
DATEV payroll journal as CSV (UTF-8 with BOM for Excel), directly importable into DATEV LODAS. The export file can be reviewed before export. Archived in Hetzner Object Storage for the defined retention period.
- UTF-8 with BOM, Excel-compatible without manual conversion
- Preview before export to review the data
- Archived in Hetzner Object Storage
Compatibility
Ready for your payroll
DATEV-compatible
DATEV-Lodas CSV (UTF-8 with BOM), ready for payroll accounting.
UTF-8 with BOM
Excel-compatible, no encoding issues on re-import.
Archiving
Exports can be archived in Hetzner Object Storage for the defined retention period.
Demo
From clock-in to payroll
We walk you through the entire workflow from time tracking to DATEV export in a personal demo.