For covered nonexempt employees, U.S. employer records need daily hours and weekly totals, and Everhour supports mobile time tracking.
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 to capture the time details needed for a clean daily and weekly record, then turn those entries into a timesheet, billing review, or project check. On an Android tablet, enter time in landscape mode when possible so project, task, start, stop, and note fields stay visible together. The larger screen helps when a crew lead, freelancer, or manager reviews several entries at once.
The U.S. federal baseline does not force covered employers to use a specific timekeeping form or system. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, and records for employees covered by its minimum wage or overtime provisions must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. A tablet-based workflow works only if those core fields stay complete and consistent.
A useful time entry starts with the worker, date, project or client, task, and the time worked. Add start and stop times when you need a workday audit trail, or use a duration when the policy allows elapsed time entry. Separate billable from non-billable work, and keep comments short enough to read in an approval review.
Weekly summaries need a fixed workweek, not a rolling seven-day view. Under the FLSA, a workweek is 168 hours, a fixed and regularly recurring period of seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and hours may not be averaged across two or more workweeks for overtime purposes. For U.S. billing and rate fields, use U.S. dollars unless the contract requires another currency.
A common mistake is tracking only a weekly total. Payroll review needs daily hours, and billing review needs enough project context to explain the charge. Keep hours actually worked separate from paid time not worked, such as time off, because those categories answer different questions. Label corrections with a note or approval status so a later reviewer can see the reason for the change.
Weekend and holiday entries need dates, not assumptions. The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work unless the weekly overtime rule is triggered or another law or agreement applies. A clear date, workweek, and project label let you apply federal, state, local, contract, or policy rules without guessing later.
A one-off time tool is enough for a solo day, a short client job, or a single invoice backup. If you only need a clean weekly total or a simple export for one invoice, keep the workflow lightweight. Use consistent project names, confirm the workweek before adding overtime notes, and save the finished record with the related invoice or payroll packet.
A managed workflow becomes necessary when several people track time against budgets, invoices, payroll review, and manager approvals. Everhour fits that stage by connecting logged time to Project Budgeting, including hour-based or money-based budgets, recurring budget periods, threshold email alerts, and budget protection that can stop extra logging after a budget is exceeded.
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Yes, if the records are complete and accurate. The FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not require a particular timekeeping form or system. State wage, overtime, privacy, or employee-monitoring rules can add requirements for a specific workplace.
For covered nonexempt employees, FLSA overtime review uses hours worked over 40 in a single workweek. The workweek is a fixed 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Hours from two or more workweeks cannot be averaged to avoid overtime.
Start and stop times create a clearer audit trail for daily records, breaks, and later corrections. Duration entries can work when your policy accepts elapsed time and the record still shows hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek for covered workers. Apply one method consistently.
Under the federal baseline, employers must preserve payroll records for at least three years and basic time and earnings records, such as daily start/stop time cards or sheets, for at least two years. Longer retention duties under another applicable law or agreement should be handled separately.
Collect only the time data needed for payroll, billing, scheduling, or compliance review, protect it, and dispose of it securely when retention rules allow. U.S. privacy duties are sectoral and state-dependent. FTC Section 5 bars unfair or deceptive practices, and California CCPA rights extend to California resident employees and job applicants for covered businesses.
Everhour Project Budgeting compares logged time with hour-based or money-based project budgets, including recurring budget periods for ongoing work. Admins can set threshold email alerts and use budget protection to stop timers or prevent more logging after a budget is exceeded.
Everhour Time Tracking supports mobile apps, the web app, browser extension tracking, and a macOS desktop app. Users can start a timer or add hours manually, then use the same entries in timesheets and reports for payroll or billing review.
Everhour Project Budgeting connects tracked time to hour-based or money-based budgets, recurring periods, threshold email alerts, and budget protection, giving teams a cleaner path from daily entries to budget control.
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