Everhour tracks task and project hours, while portable entry keeps mobile work logs close to the job.
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.
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Use this page to capture work time as it happens, then turn it into a clean record for billing, payroll review, or project reporting. On a tablet, keep the tracker next to your schedule, job sheet, or project board so you can copy the same task names and avoid vague end-of-day notes. The goal is a usable log: person, date, project, task, start and stop time or duration, and a short note when context matters.
For U.S. teams, the federal baseline is record accuracy rather than a required clock format. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. A device entry is acceptable only if the method stays complete, consistent, and reviewable. State wage, overtime, privacy, and employee-monitoring rules can add requirements.
A complete time record starts with an employee or contractor name, date, client or internal project, task, and hours actually worked. Start and stop times help when a manager needs to audit a day, while a duration entry works when your policy accepts total time by task. Add billable status, rate, and currency for client work. U.S. billing and payroll rate fields normally use U.S. dollars.
A useful entry reads like: March 5, 2026, Jordan Lee, Acme onboarding, data migration, 9:10 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., billable, implementation notes updated. That line gives finance a client project, gives a manager the work category, and gives payroll review a daily hours source if Jordan is a covered nonexempt employee. Avoid entries such as "admin" or "client work" with no project, because they create billing disputes and payroll cleanup.
Device-based entries fail most often because the device is shared, left open, or used between jobs without a clear task switch. Assign one user per account, require a quick project check before starting time, and make breaks visible under your policy. Touch-screen notes should stay short. Task names still need enough detail for a reviewer to separate billable client work, internal work, training, and time off.
A portable tracker also makes it easy to start a timer and carry it into unrelated work. Close each entry before moving to another client, job site, or work category. If a late correction is necessary, keep the original date and add a clear note rather than burying the change in a weekly total. FLSA overtime for covered nonexempt employees is based on hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek, so daily logs must roll into weekly totals without averaging across workweeks.
A one-off tracker is enough when you need today's hours, a short client summary, or a quick export for a small job. It works best for one person, one project, and entries you can review immediately. Keep the result with the invoice, pay file, or project folder. U.S. employer records have retention rules: payroll records at least three years, and basic time and earnings records at least two years.
A managed workflow becomes the better choice when time records repeat across people, projects, budgets, approvals, and invoices. Everhour can connect tracked time to reports, budgets, utilization, billing, invoicing, and team workflows, while approval and lock settings protect reviewed periods before payroll or client billing. That system matters when a manager needs one record of who worked, which task they worked on, and which hours are ready for handoff.
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The highest-value details are person, date, project, task, hours actually worked, and a start and stop time or duration. Add billable status and a short note if the work will support an invoice or project review. Short touch-screen notes are easier to enter, so rely on predefined project names and task categories before adding free text.
Timers fit work that starts and stops around clear tasks. Duration entries fit after-the-fact logs, meetings, or field work where a timer would be disruptive. A team should choose one default method, define allowed corrections, and keep both daily and weekly totals reviewable. Timer entries and manual entries should not erase the underlying date, task, or worker.
Weekly totals alone are not enough for employees covered by FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions. Employer records for those employees must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. A weekly total can support review, but the record should still preserve the daily detail used to build that total.
Federal law does not require overtime premium pay solely because work happened on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday, or a regular rest day. FLSA overtime applies to covered nonexempt employees for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate. State law, an employer policy, or a contract can require more.
Time records contain personal information, including worker names, dates, work patterns, and task details. U.S. privacy obligations are sectoral and state-dependent. At the federal level, Section 5 of the FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive practices, and FTC guidance tells companies keeping sensitive employee information to collect only what they need, protect it, and dispose of it securely. California's CCPA can also cover employee time-tracking data for covered businesses.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time, budgets, costs, and project data into customizable reports with 45+ columns. Managers can filter by project or metadata, group the data, and export CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF files for payroll review, client billing, or archive work.
Everhour embeds tracking controls inside supported project tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Team members start timers or add manual entries against the task they are already using, so entries keep the project and task context.
Everhour Reporting turns logged time into grouped, filtered reports with CSV, Excel/XLSX, and PDF exports for payroll review and client billing, giving teams a repeatable handoff.
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