Professional time records need daily and weekly detail. Everhour adds time tracking that supports budgets and billing.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
| Day | Time In | Break Start | Break End | Break | Time Out | Total |
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The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.
One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.
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Track your budget through time or costs
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Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.
You came here to track work time in a format that looks credible outside your own notebook. A professional record shows who worked, the date, the project or client, the task, the hours, and whether the time is billable. For U.S. teams, covered employers must keep accurate records for non-exempt workers under the FLSA, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
A polished record also separates working time from project labels. One person can log 2.5 hours on client design, 1 hour on internal review, and 30 minutes on admin work in the same day. The total matters for payroll review, while the client and task detail matters for billing, project cost, and utilization. A professional app keeps both views available.
A complete time entry needs a date, person, start and stop time or total duration, project, task, rate context, and a billable status when client billing applies. Manual entries work when the person records time promptly. Timers work better for task switching because they capture time as work happens instead of relying on end-of-week memory.
The FLSA does not require a specific timekeeping form or system, but covered employers still need complete and accurate records for non-exempt workers. Federal overtime for covered non-exempt employees applies after over 40 hours worked in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate. Hours cannot be averaged across two workweeks for that federal overtime calculation.
Professional time tracking earns trust through consistency. Use the same project names, client names, task categories, and billable labels every week. Keep USD rate fields clear for U.S. billing and payroll contexts. Add short notes only when they explain the work enough for review, such as "Homepage QA fixes" instead of a vague label like "updates."
A common mistake is treating the weekly total as the full record. A total of 41 hours tells payroll that overtime review may be needed, but it does not show daily hours, client allocation, or whether time belongs to billable work, internal work, or paid time not worked. Preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records for at least two years.
A free weekly tool is enough when you need a quick total, a small invoice backup, or a one-off record for a short project. It fits a freelancer who tracks one client, a manager checking a single week, or an owner reconstructing time before billing. The output should still include daily detail and clear project labels.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when time affects budgets, approvals, billing, or payroll review every week. Everhour can connect tracked time to project budgets, recurring budget periods, budget alerts, and budget protection, so teams see time cost before an invoice or payroll handoff. That turns time tracking from a weekly cleanup task into an operating record.
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A timer is not legally required under the FLSA, but it improves accuracy for people who switch between projects or clients during the day. Covered employers may use any complete and accurate timekeeping method for non-exempt workers. A timer helps capture time as work happens, while manual entry depends on prompt and careful reconstruction.
Credible records show the person, date, daily hours, weekly total, project or client, task, billable status, and any rate or approval context needed for payroll or billing. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
Weekly totals alone do not satisfy the full record need for covered non-exempt employees under the FLSA. Employer records must include daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek. Weekly totals still matter because federal overtime for covered non-exempt employees is measured after over 40 hours worked in a fixed 168-hour workweek.
Separate billable and non-billable time when time affects invoices, budgets, utilization, or project profitability. A single daily total can support payroll review, but it does not tell a client which work belongs on an invoice. Separate labels also prevent internal meetings, admin work, and rework from being billed as client delivery.
Time tracking records work time against dates, projects, tasks, and totals. Employee monitoring can involve broader observation of activity, depending on the system and policy. U.S. privacy duties are sectoral and state-dependent. Businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act and protect sensitive employee information.
Everhour Project Budgeting connects logged time to hour-based or money-based project budgets, with recurring budget periods and email alerts at defined thresholds. Teams can use budget protection to stop extra logging after a budget is exceeded, keeping tracked time aligned with project limits before billing review.
Track approved hours against project budgets before invoices or payroll review. Everhour connects time entries, budget alerts, and billing context so teams catch overruns early and protect margins.
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