Everhour adds embedded timers and approval-ready records, so contractor hours stay connected to Basecamp project work.
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One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
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Contractor time is useful only when it points to the work that caused it. Start from the Basecamp to-do, because that item already carries the project, list, title, assignee, due date, notes, subtasks, and completion status. The finished record should let a reviewer see the requested work, the person who handled it, the date, and the duration without reconstructing the day from comments.
The contractor-to-review workflow needs a clear entry at the source of the work. A contractor either starts a timer while working or adds a manual entry after finishing, then keeps the tracked time connected to the right to-do context in Everhour reports. The manager gets per-project and per-to-do visibility, so a loose weekly total does not need follow-up before billing, payment review, or cost reporting.
A live timer fits focused contractor work that starts from a specific to-do. The worker opens the task, starts the embedded control, stops it at the handoff point, and leaves the tracked time connected to that same work item. This path works for design revisions, implementation tasks, QA fixes, and other work where the start and stop points are clear.
Manual entry fits work recorded after the fact, such as a meeting, a short research pass, or cleanup done away from the browser. A basic time row needs a date, hours worked, and person; notes are optional. Everhour reports add the Basecamp project and to-do context, which gives reviewers more evidence than a project-only total with no work reference.
A usable contractor record gives the reviewer enough context to approve the time: Basecamp project, to-do, person, date, duration, and a short note when the work needs explanation. A useful note says `Homepage wireframe revision after client comments`; a vague label such as `updates` forces follow-up. Notes should clarify the outcome, not carry the billing rule.
Billing treatment should be set before contractors log hours. Everhour sets billing at the project level with an hourly project rate, hourly member rate, fixed fee, or non-billable status. Within a billable project, a specific task can be marked non-billable, and time-and-materials work can use custom task rates when one to-do needs different pricing.
A one-off log is enough when one contractor completes a short task, the client needs a simple summary, and no one needs approval history. Export the entries or copy the line items into the invoice while the context is fresh. This approach breaks down once multiple contractors touch the same project, billable rules differ by task, or a manager needs consistent weekly review.
Everhour turns those entries into a managed record by keeping Basecamp project and to-do context in reports, supporting approvals, and locking submitted or approved periods against regular-member edits. The same tracked hours can feed billing review, payroll review where worker category and policy require it, and exports for a spreadsheet or archive.
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Use the to-do that owns the deliverable, approval, or client request. A contractor fixing a reported bug should log time on the bug-fix to-do, while a contractor attending a project call should use a meeting or follow-up to-do created for that work. Per-to-do totals lose value when time lands on a broad project bucket.
Use a timer for continuous work with a clear beginning and end. Enter hours later for calls, offline work, or cleanup discovered after the task is finished. The method matters less than review context: each record needs a date, hours worked, and person, while optional notes and Everhour to-do context make approval clearer.
Include the date, hours worked, person, Basecamp project, and related to-do context when you need approval-ready reporting. Add a note when the work needs explanation, such as `API error review and patch notes`; skip vague notes such as `dev work`. Contractor records also need billable treatment resolved through project and task rules before invoicing or cost review.
Set the billing rule at the project level before time starts, then mark specific tasks non-billable when a billable project includes internal work. A contractor should not decide billable status in a note after the entry exists. That habit leaves reviewers translating comments into invoice rules and creates inconsistent totals by task.
Create or choose a to-do for the work that came from a message, schedule item, Card Table discussion, or file review. Time records need a stable work object for later totals. A note can mention the original surface, but the tracked time should connect to the to-do that represents the deliverable or follow-up.
Everhour Overtimes uses admin-set daily and weekly limits, with 1.5x and 2x tiers visible in Team Hours when overtime tracking is enabled. Payroll calculations use employee hourly cost and tracked time, so contractor payment terms and worker-category review still need a separate contract or accounting check.
Everhour embeds tracking controls in Basecamp through the browser extension, then syncs project, list, to-do, task ID, and task status into reports. Contractors can start a timer or add manual time from the work context, and reviewers can filter the logged hours by the same to-do structure. The browser-extension requirement matters because the integration does not work in Basecamp native apps.
Track approved Basecamp hours for contractor payment review, and use Team Hours to review daily and weekly overtime tiers where employee payroll calculations need hourly cost and tracked time through Everhour Overtimes.
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