Everhour tracks creative project hours by task or client, then turns approved time into billing and reporting records.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
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A creative industry timesheet gives each entry a clear business purpose. You need enough detail to show who worked, the date, the client or internal project, the task, the time spent, and whether the time is billable. That structure keeps a week of concepting, reviews, revisions, production, and admin work from turning into a vague total that no one can price, approve, or explain.
For U.S. employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek for nonexempt workers. The FLSA does not require a specific form or system, but the method must produce complete and accurate records. Creative teams can use a spreadsheet, template, or time tracking system if the result supports billing, payroll review, and retention.
A strong timesheet row starts with the date, person, client, project, task, start and stop time or duration, billable status, notes, and approval status. Client-facing work also needs a rate field when time-based billing applies. For U.S. billing and payroll records, rate and invoice fields normally use U.S. dollars because U.S. currency is legal tender for debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.
Task names matter more in creative work than broad department labels. A row labeled "Client A, launch campaign, landing page revision, billable, 2.5 hours" gives a reviewer more value than "design, 2.5 hours." Use notes for specific deliverables, revision rounds, meeting purpose, or approval context. Avoid turning notes into a diary. The goal is a defensible record that explains the charge without exposing unnecessary personal detail.
Creative timesheets break down when every hour lands under one client total. Revisions, internal review, client meetings, admin, and rework need separate categories when they affect billing or project margin. Billable status should describe the agreement or internal policy for that work, not the worker's preference. A clean split prevents unpaid internal work from inflating a client invoice and keeps approved client work from disappearing into overhead.
Weekend or holiday work needs the same careful labeling. The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work unless the weekly overtime rule is triggered or another law, policy, or agreement applies. For covered nonexempt employees, federal overtime applies to hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate.
A free timesheet format is enough when you need a one-time weekly record, a small client backup sheet, or a quick approval summary. It works best when one person enters the time, reviews the totals, and files the result. Employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, including daily start and stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years.
A managed workflow fits better once creative work crosses multiple clients, teams, approval layers, and billing rules. Everhour Time Tracking lets people use live timers or manual entries against tasks and projects, then feeds timesheets, reporting, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Admins can also use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules so approved creative hours become a controlled record instead of a weekly reconstruction.
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A creative industry timesheet should include the worker, date, client, project, task, hours worked, billable status, notes, and approval status. Time-based billing also needs a rate field, usually in U.S. dollars for U.S. users. For covered nonexempt workers under the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must show daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek.
Creative teams should track all three when client billing or project margin matters. The client identifies who pays, the project identifies the budget or scope, and the task explains the work behind the time entry. A task-level entry gives reviewers a clearer basis for approving revisions, meetings, production work, and non-billable internal time.
Revision time should use a separate row when it affects billing, approval, or project analysis. A separate entry shows whether the revision was client-requested, internal, billable, or non-billable under the agreement or policy. Combining original work and revision time hides the reason for the extra hours and makes later invoice questions harder to answer.
A creative timesheet should show enough daily and weekly hours to support overtime review for covered nonexempt employees. Under the federal FLSA baseline, unless exempt, covered employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than 1.5 times the regular rate. State rules, policies, or contracts can add requirements.
Time tracking records work time for billing, payroll review, project budgets, and approvals. Employee monitoring can involve broader observation of activity. U.S. privacy obligations are sectoral and state-dependent. Businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says companies should collect only what they need, keep it safe, and dispose of it securely.
Everhour Time Tracking captures creative hours with live timers or manual entries tied to tasks and projects. Those entries feed timesheets, reporting, budgets, invoices, and payroll review, while admin controls such as approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer behavior rules keep submitted time from changing after review.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls inside supported project tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Creative teams can track time where tasks already live, then send logged time into one reporting layer for budgets, utilization, and billing review.
Track approved creative hours by task, project, and client. Everhour turns live timers and manual entries into controlled timesheets, reporting, budgets, invoices, and payroll review.
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