Everhour keeps browser-based work tied to tasks, budgets, and billing while you build accurate time records.
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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Use this page when you need a fast way to capture work time while you move between tasks, tickets, docs, and client notes. In a Chrome extension workflow, keep the source task open and start the timer from the browser entry point so you tie the entry to the right context instead of creating a blank end-of-day total. The output you want is a dated record you can review, bill, approve, or export without rebuilding the day from memory.
The tracker should help you record hours as the work happens, then clean up comments, billable status, project names, and rates before the record feeds payroll review or an invoice. For U.S. employers, the tracking method can be digital, manual, or mixed, because the FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers but does not require one specific timekeeping form or system.
A useful entry starts with the person, date, project, task, start time, stop time or duration, and a short work description. Add billable status, client, rate, and currency when the entry supports an invoice. U.S. billing records normally use U.S. dollars. Team records also need a review status, because an unapproved draft entry has a different weight than time approved for billing, payroll review, or budget reporting.
For payroll support, preserve the day worked and the workweek total alongside the invoice category. 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. Covered nonexempt 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.
A browser entry point works best for work that starts from a task page, ticket, pull request, or client message. Start the timer before the task expands into research, calls, and follow-up, then stop it when the work switches. Manual entry still has a place after travel, offline work, or a missed timer, but the note should identify the source task and the reason the time was added after the fact.
The common mistake is treating the extension as a personal stopwatch with no project structure. A clean workflow names the project first, separates billable and non-billable work, and uses comments for work evidence rather than private employee activity detail. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says sensitive employee information should be limited, protected, and securely disposed of.
A one-off tracker is enough when you need a personal day log, a quick client summary, or a temporary record for a small fixed task. It stops being enough when several people update the same project, managers need approvals before billing, or time entries drive spending limits. At that point, the record needs ownership, edit rules, review status, budget context, and a repeatable handoff.
Everhour Project Budgeting gives that workflow a budget layer: hours or money budgets, one-time or recurring periods, fee-based expense controls, and billing methods for non-billable, fixed-fee, and time-and-materials work. Budget alerts can go out at 75%, 90%, 100%, or a custom threshold, and budget protection can stop timers or prevent additional logging after the budget is exceeded.
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Yes, a browser-based method can serve as the timekeeping method if records are complete and accurate. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not mandate a specific form or system. The record still needs daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek for employees covered by FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions.
A timer entry should preserve enough detail to prove the day worked, the amount of time, and the work performed. Start and stop times help reconstruct breaks, missed stops, and edits. Total duration alone can support billing, but payroll review is stronger when the record also shows the workday and ties entries to the correct workweek.
No. The tracking surface does not change the federal overtime baseline. Unless exempt, covered employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate. Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or rest-day work does not create federal premium pay by itself unless the weekly threshold is crossed or another law or agreement applies.
Add a manual entry as soon as the error is discovered, assign it to the correct project and date, and write a plain note such as "missed timer during client call." Avoid padding the total to a round number. Managers should review late-added time separately from timer-based entries so payroll, billing, and budget records show the correction trail.
Time notes should describe the business work and exclude private behavior. Use task evidence such as "drafted proposal section" or "reviewed bug report," and avoid unnecessary employee activity detail. U.S. businesses that keep sensitive personal information about employees should collect only what they need, keep it safe, and dispose of it securely under FTC privacy and data-security guidance. For California residents who are employees or job applicants, time-tracking data may also fall under CCPA obligations for covered businesses.
Everhour Project Budgeting connects logged time and expenses to hour-based or money-based budgets, including one-time and recurring periods. Teams can set email alerts at 75%, 90%, 100%, or custom thresholds, and budget protection can stop timers or block extra logging after a budget is exceeded.
Everhour Timesheets let team members submit weekly project hours or working hours, then managers approve, reject, or partially approve entries before invoices or payroll review. Submitted and approved time stays locked for regular members unless it is withdrawn or rejected.
Everhour Project Budgeting turns approved time into budget visibility with hour or money limits, recurring periods, threshold alerts, and protection that stops extra logging after a budget is exceeded.
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