Does Weekwright handle the EU Working Time Directive?

Yes — minimum daily rest, weekly rest, and weekly hour caps are configurable compliance rules checked at create, move, and publish, and the AI respects them while drafting rather than producing a proposal you then repair. What Weekwright does not do is interpret a specific national collective agreement into pay rates; that stays with your payroll provider.

Does Weekwright integrate with Xero?

Not directly. Weekwright exports hours as CSV in provider-shaped presets and delivers events over signed webhooks; if Xero payroll with no file in the middle is the requirement, Planday's ownership makes that path shorter today.

Which is better for a multi-site hospitality group?

Both handle multi-site. The deciding factor is usually the pricing shape and where your compliance lives: Planday charges per user and leans on jurisdiction defaults; Weekwright charges per location with unlimited employees and lets you write the rules explicitly. Six sites of twenty-five people each is a very different invoice under the two models.

Does Weekwright handle the EU Working Time Directive?

Yes — minimum daily rest, weekly rest, and weekly hour caps are configurable compliance rules checked at create, move, and publish, and the AI respects them while drafting rather than producing a proposal you then repair. What Weekwright does not do is interpret a specific national collective agreement into pay rates; that stays with your payroll provider.

Does Weekwright integrate with Xero?

Not directly. Weekwright exports hours as CSV in provider-shaped presets and delivers events over signed webhooks; if Xero payroll with no file in the middle is the requirement, Planday's ownership makes that path shorter today.

Which is better for a multi-site hospitality group?

Both handle multi-site. The deciding factor is usually the pricing shape and where your compliance lives: Planday charges per user and leans on jurisdiction defaults; Weekwright charges per location with unlimited employees and lets you write the rules explicitly. Six sites of twenty-five people each is a very different invoice under the two models.

Compared honestly

Weekwright vs Planday

Planday is the strongest European incumbent in this bracket — Xero-owned, hospitality-shaped, sound on Working Time Directive rules. Weekwright is AI-first with a configurable rule engine. Here is the honest line-up.

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Which tool fits your team?

No tool is best for everyone. Here's when Planday is the right call — and when Weekwright is.

Pick Planday when…

You run Xero for accounting and want payroll hand-off that already works, with no CSV in the middle.
You are a UK or Nordic hospitality operator and want a vendor whose defaults were built for your jurisdiction rather than adapted to it.
Per-user pricing suits you because your sites are numerous and thinly staffed.

Pick Weekwright when…

You want the week drafted, not just validated. Planday will tell you a rota breaks a rest rule; Weekwright proposes a rota that does not.
Your compliance needs are yours, not your jurisdiction's average: custom caps, per-member rules for minors or students, severity you choose between warning and blocking.
You are outside Planday's core geography, or you are multi-vertical — a clinic plus a café, a venue plus retail.
Headcount churn is expensive on a per-user plan. Per-location with unlimited employees means a seasonal hiring spike is free.

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