Contractor hours need issue-level records. Everhour adds embedded timers and manual entries to Linear workflows.
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Contractor time records work best when each entry connects to the Linear issue that produced the work. Frame each entry around the issue, project, contractor, date, duration, and a short work note. That structure gives the reviewer enough context to approve hours and gives billing enough detail to separate approved client work from internal cleanup.
Contractor review needs stronger invoice support than a loose weekly total. The approver needs to confirm that the work matches the contract, statement of work, or approved project scope before time moves into billing. Keep one entry per coherent block of work, attach it to the right issue, and write the note for the person who approves the charge.
A usable entry carries the Linear issue, parent project, contractor name, date, duration, and a note that says what changed. The issue link matters because Linear work already has team, status, assignee, labels, priority, cycle, estimate, and project context. Time records should keep that context instead of forcing a reviewer to match a spreadsheet row to an issue title later.
Timer entries fit focused implementation, review, design, or triage work that starts and stops around a single issue. Manual entries fit work logged after a meeting, investigation, or offline block, provided the contractor records the same issue and date. Avoid one weekly total across many issues. That shortcut hides scope drift and makes review harder because the approver cannot see which issue consumed the time.
Contractor billing needs project settings before the week starts. Set billing status at the project level, using an hourly project rate, hourly member rate, or fixed fee. Within a billable project, specific tasks can be marked non-billable when the work should stay in reports but stay off the client invoice.
Notes should explain the delivered work, not the contractor's whole day. Use short, reviewable language such as API error handling, invoice export test, or mobile layout fix. A note that says research or cleanup needs a stronger link to the issue comment or acceptance criteria. Contractor invoices move faster when every entry answers two questions: which issue and what changed.
A one-off log is enough for a single contractor, a short project, or a billing dispute that only needs issue-linked hours for one period. Keep the export with the invoice backup, include the project billing setup, and preserve the note that explains the work. That approach breaks down once several contractors edit time, submit late corrections, or need a consistent approval cutoff.
Everhour turns the Linear issue stream into a managed time record by embedding tracking controls through its browser extension and syncing workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data into reports. Teams can add approvals, lock completed periods, review day or week timesheets, and hand approved contractor hours to billing, budgets, or cost reports without treating a spreadsheet as the system of record.
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Each contractor should log time against the issue that produced the work, with the project, date, duration, and note kept together. A clean record lets the reviewer connect the charge to the issue history. Group unrelated work into separate entries, because one combined total hides which issue consumed the time.
A timer fits focused work that starts and stops around one issue, such as implementation, review, or QA. Manual entry fits time recorded after a meeting, offline block, or investigation. Mixed use is fine if every entry still carries the same issue, date, duration, and note.
A reviewable entry includes the contractor, Linear issue, project, date, duration, and a short work note. The note should describe the delivered change or reviewable activity. Project billing status and task-level non-billable controls determine whether the time belongs on a client invoice or only in internal reporting.
Create separate entries for each issue. A single block across several issues forces the reviewer to guess how the time should be split, especially when only part of the work belongs to billable project scope. Separate entries keep issue totals accurate and make contractor invoices easier to match against approved work.
Treat estimate points as planning context rather than an invoice substitute. The scale can be Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt, and the value describes effort or size. Contractor billing needs logged clock time on the issue, because an estimate point does not record who worked, the date, duration, or review note.
Everhour embeds tracking controls in Linear through its browser extension and syncs workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data into Everhour reports. Contractors can start a timer or add manual time from the issue, while managers review entries by the same Linear context used for work planning.
Everhour supports timesheet submission, manager approval, rejection, partial approval, and locked approved time. Managers can review weekly entries before billing or payroll review, then keep approved contractor records protected from regular member edits after the review is complete.
Add embedded timers and manual entries to Linear issues, then sync project and issue context into reports. Everhour keeps contractor hours connected to approved billing workflows.
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