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Workplace Safety Medical Practice Checklist 2026
Workplace safety medical practice checklist for owners and staff: daily, weekly, monthly and annual duties, plus risk assessment and mandatory employee training under German law.

How Many Hours in a Month? The Formulas
How many hours in a month? Between 672 and 744 on the calendar, 730 on average. As working time: 174 hours on a 40-hour week, 167.48 on 38.5. All the figures as tables, the 4.35-week formula with its derivation, and the exact route via working days.

Decimal Hours Calculator: Convert Shift Times
Looking for a decimal hours calculator? Here is the formula in both directions, the full conversion chart for all 60 minutes, and the four conversion mistakes that cause the most trouble on timesheets in medical practices and care teams.

How to Create a Shift Schedule: Step-by-Step Guide with Example, Tools and Pitfalls
Create a shift schedule with confidence: preparation, step-by-step guide, tool comparison (paper, Excel, software) and a practical example for medical practices, care services and therapy teams. Includes checklist, employment-law pitfalls and fairness tips.

Mobile Time Tracking in Medical Practices
Mobile time tracking in a medical practice: what German law actually requires, why GPS and personal phones are the real hurdle, and how to roll out clocking in by phone in five steps without a queue forming at reception at seven in the morning.

Free Time Tracking Software: What Zero Euros Actually Buys You
Free time tracking software for your practice: which no-cost routes genuinely work, where spreadsheets and free tiers run out of road, and the point at which paying starts to make sense. An honest look for medical practices and care services.

AI Vacation Planning: How the Kira Assistant Handles Absences for You
AI vacation planning sounds like a far-off promise – yet the medishift assistant Kira already takes absences off your plate today. We show you what AI vacation planning really does, where it is heading, and how to start right away.

Shift Schedule Change Law: Notice Periods
Shift schedule change law explained: What notice period applies? Can your boss change the shift schedule on short notice? Practical guide to Section 106 GewO, the Working Hours Act and collective agreements — specifically for medical practices and MFA teams.

Advance Vacation Planning Rights & Deadlines
Advance vacation planning rights under German law: § 7 BUrlG backs your leave wish unless urgent operational reasons or the leave wish of a colleague with social priority outweigh it.




