Chegatta is an attendance tracking platform built for business clients and independent businesses that need to verify employee hours across multiple work sites, calculate overtime correctly, and generate compliant payroll exports — all without manual data entry.
Technology Stack
- Laravel — Backend API, Eloquent ORM, SEPA XML generation, payroll calculations
- React + Inertia.js — Client-side SPA, real-time dashboards, form handling
- Tailwind CSS — Responsive utility-first styling, dark mode support
- GPS Geofencing — Browser-based location verification, per-worksite geofences
- Device Fingerprinting — SHA-256 hash of User-Agent, Accept-Language, Accept-Encoding, Accept-Charset, and mobile headers for buddy-punching prevention
- AI/ML Attention Scoring — Detects at-risk employees and problem patterns before they escalate
- SEPA pain.001.001.03 — Standardized credit transfer XML for direct bank payments
How Chegatta Reduces Costs
1. Eliminates Manual Timesheet Review
Operations staff spend 5–10 hours/week reviewing and correcting timesheets. Chegatta detects and tracks break time automatically, calculates overtime against each client's shift rules, and produces verified, exportable hours with one click. Payroll errors that cost 2–5% of total payroll in corrections are reduced to under 0.5%.
2. Prevents Buddy Punching & Time Theft
Chegatta's device fingerprinting captures a SHA-256 hash of on every clock-in/clock-out. This fingerprint is stored in the shifts table alongside user_agent and ip_address . The system detects multiple clock-ins from the same device at different locations — impossible for one person to be in two places at once.
Typical buddy punching costs agencies 3–7% of total payroll. For a €200,000/month payroll, that's €6,000–€14,000/month in stolen labor. Chegatta eliminates this risk.
3. Automatic Overtime & Break Compliance
Chegatta applies each client's shift rules automatically based on employee location. Daily overtime thresholds, double-time rules, meal/rest break penalties, and holiday pay are calculated per jurisdiction — no manual configuration needed per payroll run.
4. SEPA XML Payroll Exports — No Manual Data Entry
Before: 2–3 hours per payroll run to manually enter bank details, verify IBANs, format payments.
After: One click — Chegatta generates the SEPA XML, validates all IBANs, and produces a ready-to-import file for the bank.
5. AI Attention Scoring — Fix Problems Early
The system ranks employees by "attention score" based on recurring lateness, missing clock-outs, off-site clock-ins, and unusual overtime patterns. Operations teams see exactly which employees and sites need attention, allowing proactive intervention before complaints reach the client.
ROI Example: 50-Employee Business Client
| Compliance Task | Before Chegatta | After Chegatta | Monthly Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timesheet review | 20 hours | 2 hours | $450 |
| Buddy punching prevention | Lost 3–7% payroll | Eliminated | $6,000–$14,000 |
| Break penalty tracking | Manual calendar + calculator | Automatic detection | $150 |
| Holiday pay management | Manual review | Automatic inclusion | $100 |
| Payroll data entry | 6 hours | 0.5 hours | $135 |
| Audit preparation | 20+ hours | Ready records | $500 |
| Total | — | ~$7,500/month |
Annual ROI: ~$90,000+ for a mid-size agency. Payback period: less than 2 weeks (Chegatta plans start at €29/month).
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