Everhour turns tracked browser work into reviewable timesheets for payroll, billing, and project follow-up.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
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Use this page to record work sessions while you handle tasks in the browser. In Safari, keep the log open in a separate tab or window beside the ticket, project brief, or client portal so dates, task names, and notes come from the same source you used while working. The finished record should show who worked, the date, the project or client, the work performed, and the time spent.
For a freelancer, the goal is a clean billing trail. For a U.S. employer, a time record also supports wage compliance. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, and records for employees covered by minimum wage or overtime provisions must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. A tracker helps only if the entries remain complete, dated, and tied to the correct person.
A practical time entry needs more than a start and stop time. Include the worker, date, project or client, task, start time, stop time or duration, billable status, rate when billing applies, and a short work note. U.S. billing and rate fields normally use U.S. dollars. Payroll records should separate hours actually worked from paid time not worked, because FLSA overtime for covered nonexempt employees uses hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
A good entry reads: March 5, 2026, Alex Kim, Client A, Website support, Update product page text and QA the published version, 9:00 AM to 11:15 AM, billable, $85 per hour. That line gives a bookkeeper enough information to invoice the client and gives a manager enough detail to review the work without reading private browser history or personal messages.
Browser work tempts people to log every tab or website visit. That creates noisy records and unnecessary personal data. Use the work unit that matters for review: a project, ticket, client, deliverable, or administrative category. A single research block can stay as one entry if it supports one deliverable. Switch entries when the client, project, pay category, or billable status changes.
Notes should explain the business purpose and leave private page content out. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance says companies keeping sensitive customer or employee information should collect only what they need, protect it, and dispose of it securely. Covered businesses with California workers also need to account for CCPA employee-data obligations.
A one-off log works for a solo invoice, a short internal audit, or a simple weekly cleanup. It is enough when one person controls the record, the hours do not need formal approval, and a copied or downloaded file gives accounting the proof needed. Check totals before sending, lock your own final copy, and keep source notes until the bill or payroll question closes.
A managed workflow becomes the better fit when tracked time feeds payroll review, client billing, budgets, or team utilization. Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person, then support submit, approve, reject, and partially approve steps. Approved time stays protected from regular member edits, which gives managers a cleaner handoff before invoices, reports, or payroll review use the data.
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Yes, if the record is complete and accurate. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not require a specific form or timekeeping system. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
Use the task or project as the unit of record. A tab-level log creates clutter and can capture personal or sensitive page details. Start a new entry when the client, project, deliverable, billable status, or pay category changes. Keep one continuous entry for related research or writing that supports the same deliverable.
Include the worker, date, start and stop times or duration, project or client, task description, billable status, and any rate used for billing. A short note should describe the business purpose. For payroll review, keep daily hours worked and weekly totals visible so a reviewer can compare the entry with schedules, approvals, and overtime rules.
Weekend work alone does not trigger FLSA overtime premium pay. 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 of pay. A state law, employer policy, collective bargaining agreement, or contract can add a weekend or holiday premium.
Employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, such as daily start and stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years. Do not leave the only copy in a temporary browser session or personal device. Keep final, reviewable records in a place accounting or HR can retrieve.
Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person so managers can review submitted time before payroll or billing. Managers can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted or approved time, which keeps regular members from changing reviewed entries without a withdrawal or rejection.
Everhour embeds tracking controls inside supported project tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Users can start a timer or add manual time against the task, keeping time attached to the project work that caused it.
Use Everhour Timesheets when one-off browser logs become a payroll or billing workflow. Submit weekly project and working hours, review exceptions, and lock approved entries for cleaner payroll and billing handoffs.
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