diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/models/hr_employee.py b/addons/hr_attendance/models/hr_employee.py
index def4f72c2d4..c526230dc93 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/models/hr_employee.py
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/models/hr_employee.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
 
+import pytz
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ class HrEmployeeBase(models.AbstractModel):
     last_attendance_id = fields.Many2one('hr.attendance', compute='_compute_last_attendance_id', store=True)
     attendance_state = fields.Selection(string="Attendance Status", compute='_compute_attendance_state', selection=[('checked_out', "Checked out"), ('checked_in', "Checked in")])
     hours_last_month = fields.Float(compute='_compute_hours_last_month')
+    hours_today = fields.Float(compute='_compute_hours_today')
 
     def _compute_hours_last_month(self):
         for employee in self:
@@ -27,6 +29,28 @@ class HrEmployeeBase(models.AbstractModel):
             ])
             employee.hours_last_month = sum(attendances.mapped('worked_hours'))
 
+    def _compute_hours_today(self):
+        now = fields.Datetime.now()
+        now_utc = pytz.utc.localize(now)
+        for employee in self:
+            # start of day in the employee's timezone might be the previous day in utc
+            tz = pytz.timezone(employee.tz)
+            now_tz = now_utc.astimezone(tz)
+            start_tz = now_tz + relativedelta(hour=0, minute=0)  # day start in the employee's timezone
+            start_naive = start_tz.astimezone(pytz.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
+
+            attendances = self.env['hr.attendance'].search([
+                ('employee_id', '=', employee.id),
+                ('check_in', '<=', now),
+                '|', ('check_out', '>=', start_naive), ('check_out', '=', False),
+            ])
+
+            worked_hours = 0
+            for attendance in attendances:
+                delta = (attendance.check_out or now) - max(attendance.check_in, start_naive)
+                worked_hours += delta.total_seconds() / 3600.0
+            employee.hours_today = worked_hours
+
     @api.depends('attendance_ids')
     def _compute_last_attendance_id(self):
         for employee in self:
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/employee_kanban_view_handler.js b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/employee_kanban_view_handler.js
index 9949b9d8db2..eb9133e5d21 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/employee_kanban_view_handler.js
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/employee_kanban_view_handler.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ KanbanRecord.include({
                 employee_id: this.record.id.raw_value,
                 employee_name: this.record.name.raw_value,
                 employee_state: this.record.attendance_state.raw_value,
+                employee_hours_today: this.record.hours_today.raw_value,
             };
             this.do_action(action);
         } else {
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/kiosk_confirm.js b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/kiosk_confirm.js
index c7640527297..8262b24c8f8 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/kiosk_confirm.js
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/kiosk_confirm.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ odoo.define('hr_attendance.kiosk_confirm', function (require) {
 
 var AbstractAction = require('web.AbstractAction');
 var core = require('web.core');
+var field_utils = require('web.field_utils');
 var QWeb = core.qweb;
 
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ var KioskConfirm = AbstractAction.extend({
         this.employee_id = action.employee_id;
         this.employee_name = action.employee_name;
         this.employee_state = action.employee_state;
+        this.employee_hours_today = field_utils.format.float_time(action.employee_hours_today);
     },
 
     start: function () {
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/my_attendances.js b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/my_attendances.js
index 5bf9884875d..91acb7f1599 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/my_attendances.js
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/js/my_attendances.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ odoo.define('hr_attendance.my_attendances', function (require) {
 
 var AbstractAction = require('web.AbstractAction');
 var core = require('web.core');
+var field_utils = require('web.field_utils');
 
 
 var MyAttendances = AbstractAction.extend({
@@ -19,10 +20,13 @@ var MyAttendances = AbstractAction.extend({
         var def = this._rpc({
                 model: 'hr.employee',
                 method: 'search_read',
-                args: [[['user_id', '=', this.getSession().uid]], ['attendance_state', 'name']],
+                args: [[['user_id', '=', this.getSession().uid]], ['attendance_state', 'name', 'hours_today']],
             })
             .then(function (res) {
                 self.employee = res.length && res[0];
+                if (res.length) {
+                    self.hours_today = field_utils.format.float_time(self.employee.hours_today);
+                }
             });
 
         return Promise.all([def, this._super.apply(this, arguments)]);
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/xml/attendance.xml b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/xml/attendance.xml
index 3becfa5cccd..f38dd7cfa7c 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/xml/attendance.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/static/src/xml/attendance.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <h1 class="mb8"><t t-esc="widget.employee.name"/></h1>
                     <h3 class="mt8 mb24"><t t-if="!checked_in">Welcome!</t><t t-else="">Want to check out?</t></h3>
+                    <h4 class="mt0 mb0 text-muted" t-if="checked_in">Today's work hours: <span t-esc="widget.hours_today"/></h4>
                     <a class="fa fa-7x o_hr_attendance_sign_in_out_icon fa-sign-out btn-warning" t-if="checked_in" aria-label="Sign out" title="Sign out"/>
                     <a class="fa fa-7x o_hr_attendance_sign_in_out_icon fa-sign-in btn-secondary" t-if="!checked_in" aria-label="Sign in" title="Sign in"/>
                     <h3 class="mt0 mb0 text-muted">Click to <b t-if="checked_in">check out</b><b t-if="!checked_in">check in</b></h3>
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
                     </div>
                     <h1 class="mb8"><t t-esc="widget.employee_name"/></h1>
                     <h3 class="mt8 mb24"><t t-if="!checked_in">Welcome!</t><t t-else="">Want to check out?</t></h3>
+                    <h4 class="mt0 mb0 text-muted" t-if="checked_in">Today's work hours: <span t-esc="widget.employee_hours_today"/></h4>
                     <t t-if="!widget.use_pin">
                         <a class="fa fa-7x o_hr_attendance_sign_in_out_icon fa-sign-out btn-warning" t-if="checked_in" aria-label="Sign out" title="Sign out"/>
                         <a class="fa fa-7x o_hr_attendance_sign_in_out_icon fa-sign-in btn-secondary" t-if="!checked_in" aria-label="Sign in" title="Sign in"/>
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/static/tests/hr_attendance_tests.js b/addons/hr_attendance/static/tests/hr_attendance_tests.js
index a1cf6955791..22de18817ad 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/static/tests/hr_attendance_tests.js
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/static/tests/hr_attendance_tests.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ QUnit.module('HR Attendance', {
                     },
                     user_id: {string: 'user ID', type: 'integer'},
                     barcode: {string:'barcode', type: 'integer'},
+                    hours_today: {string:'Hours today', type: 'float'},
                 },
                 records: [{
                     id: 1,
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/tests/test_hr_attendance_process.py b/addons/hr_attendance/tests/test_hr_attendance_process.py
index dd9d5b90dbd..91b3186b895 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/tests/test_hr_attendance_process.py
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/tests/test_hr_attendance_process.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import pytz
+from datetime import datetime
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from odoo import fields
 from odoo.tests import new_test_user
 from odoo.tests.common import TransactionCase
 
@@ -81,3 +86,25 @@ class TestHrAttendance(TransactionCase):
         self.assertEqual(employee.attendance_state, 'checked_in', "He should be able to check in with his pin")
         employee.attendance_manual({}, entered_pin=None)
         self.assertEqual(employee.attendance_state, 'checked_out', "He should be able to check out with his pin")
+
+    def test_hours_today(self):
+        """ Test day start is correctly computed according to the employee's timezone """
+
+        def tz_datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute):
+            tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Brussels')
+            return tz.localize(datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute)).astimezone(pytz.utc)
+
+        employee = self.env['hr.employee'].create({'name': 'Cunégonde', 'tz': 'Europe/Brussels'})
+        self.env['hr.attendance'].create({
+            'employee_id': employee.id,
+            'check_in': tz_datetime(2019, 3, 1, 22, 0),  # should count from midnight in the employee's timezone (=the previous day in utc!)
+            'check_out': tz_datetime(2019, 3, 2, 2, 0),
+        })
+        self.env['hr.attendance'].create({
+            'employee_id': employee.id,
+            'check_in': tz_datetime(2019, 3, 2, 11, 0),
+        })
+
+        # now = 2019/3/2 14:00 in the employee's timezone
+        with patch.object(fields.Datetime, 'now', lambda: tz_datetime(2019, 3, 2, 14, 0).astimezone(pytz.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)):
+            self.assertEqual(employee.hours_today, 5, "It should have counted 5 hours")
diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/views/hr_employee_view.xml b/addons/hr_attendance/views/hr_employee_view.xml
index 6e6b6d7df56..7603422ef4b 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/views/hr_employee_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/views/hr_employee_view.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <kanban class="o_hr_employee_attendance_kanban" create="false">
                 <field name="attendance_state"/>
+                <field name="hours_today"/>
                 <field name="id"/>
                 <templates>
                     <t t-name="kanban-box">