It's best to transparently cooperate with the staff council at the very beginning of the process of acquiring an ELN.The topic of work tracking is central for ELNs with respect to the Staff Council. Time stamp visibility varies depending on the ELN, while solutions such as eLabFTW are very transparent in this regard. As such, changes made to experiments or entities in general within the ELN are documented with a time stamp and are visible to other members of the team, depending on the individual settings of the entity (see below). It is important to be clear with users that these time stamps do not serve as a method of tracking employees' work. The terms of use should also mention that this is not permissable.Furthermore, a team admin policy can help in clarifying rights, roles, and use of the ELN and may be required by the staff council.The following can aid in communicating these aspects with the work council before implementing the software.