Everhour tracks project hours from desktop workflows, while teams keep payroll, billing, and approval records organized.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
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Use this page to set up a work log that captures time by person, day, project, task, and billing status. On a Mac, the practical workflow is simple: keep the tracker in the Dock or a pinned browser tab, enter time while the source task is open, and review the day before closing the laptop. That prevents a Friday reconstruction from calendar fragments, chat messages, and memory.
For U.S. payroll records, employer records for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The federal rule allows any complete and accurate timekeeping method, so the system can be digital, spreadsheet-based, or written. The record has to show the hours actually worked and support the pay decision.
A usable time entry names the date, worker, client or department, project, task, start and stop time or duration, and billable status. Add comments only when they clarify the work performed, the invoice line, or a correction. Rate fields for U.S. billing and payroll normally use U.S. dollars. Separate billable time, non-billable client work, internal administration, and paid time not worked if those categories affect invoicing or payroll review.
A clean entry can read: March 5, 2026, Maya Chen, Acme onboarding, data migration, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 2.50 hours, billable, import cleanup. That line gives a manager enough context to approve the work, gives accounting a defensible invoice detail, and gives payroll a daily hours record. Long notes increase the amount of employee or customer information you must protect; vague notes force someone to ask for context later.
Use a live timer for task switching, client work, and support queues because the start and stop pattern matters. Use manual entry for scheduled blocks such as a planned four-hour production session, then add the entry the same day. A weekly timesheet review should catch missing workdays, duplicate entries, unexplained daily totals, and time assigned to the wrong client before invoices or payroll records close.
For U.S. wage review, federal overtime under the FLSA is calculated by workweek for covered nonexempt employees. The workweek is a fixed 168-hour period, and hours may not be averaged across workweeks. Covered nonexempt employees must receive at least one and one-half times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in that workweek. Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or rest-day work does not create a federal overtime premium by itself.
A one-off tracker is enough for a freelancer logging a short project, a contractor preparing a single invoice, or an owner checking where one week went. The result needs complete entries, a clear export, and a review before sending the invoice or updating payroll files. Save the exported record with the project, invoice, or pay period so the source record matches the business decision it supports.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when multiple people submit time, managers approve corrections, or billing and payroll depend on the same records. Everhour Timesheets collects weekly project hours and working hours, lets users submit time, and gives admins controls to approve, reject, partially approve, and lock entries. That structure turns scattered entries into a reviewed record before invoices, payroll review, or reports move forward.
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A digital log can satisfy the federal baseline if it is complete and accurate. 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. Payroll records must be preserved for at least three years, and basic time and earnings records for at least two years. The FLSA does not require a specific clock, app, form, or device.
Each entry should identify the worker, date, project or client, task, start and stop time or duration, billable status, and any approval or correction note. Add pay rate or billing rate only when the record supports payroll review or an invoice. U.S. rate fields normally use U.S. dollars.
Use a timer for work that changes tasks often, especially client support, bug fixes, meetings, and review cycles. Same-day manual entry works for scheduled blocks with a clear beginning and end. Waiting until the end of the week creates missing detail, duplicate time, and weak explanations for corrections.
Late-night work does not change the federal FLSA overtime calculation by itself. For covered nonexempt employees, the federal baseline requires overtime pay at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek. State law, local law, policy, or contract terms can add premium-pay rules.
Time notes should explain the business work and avoid unnecessary personal information. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says companies that keep sensitive personal information about employees should collect only what they need, protect it, and dispose of it securely. For covered businesses, California privacy rights extend to California-resident employees and job applicants, so employee time-tracking data can fall under CCPA obligations.
Everhour Timesheets collects weekly project hours and working hours by person, then lets users submit time for manager review. Admins can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted or approved entries, so time records are checked before payroll or client billing uses them.
Everhour can run as a web app, browser extension, or macOS desktop app, and its tracking controls embed inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Team members start timers or add manual time against the task they are already using.
Move beyond one-off logs when payroll or client billing needs review. Everhour Timesheets routes weekly project and working hours through submission, approval, rejection, partial approval, and locked records for cleaner payroll and billing review.
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