Everhour turns logged work time into reports, budgets, and billing review without changing how teams record hours.
Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.
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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 build a usable work log while your source work stays in the browser. Keep the task, ticket, contract, or client brief open in another tab, then record the date, person, project, work description, start and stop times or total hours, and billable status. This workflow works best when the entry captures the work while the context is still visible.
For U.S. wage-and-hour records, the FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for nonexempt workers, but it does not require one specific timekeeping form or 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. Freelancers and agencies can use the same structure for cleaner client review.
A useful entry names the worker, date, project, task, and work performed. It also separates time actually worked from paid time not worked, if your policy uses both, and marks billable time separately from internal time. For U.S. billing, rate fields normally use U.S. dollars. Notes should explain the result of the work, such as "drafted homepage copy" or "fixed checkout error," rather than repeat the project name.
A clean line can read: March 5, 2026, Jordan Lee, Client A, website QA, 9:10 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., 2.50 hours, billable, $85.00 rate, checkout regression notes. That line gives a reviewer enough context to approve the time, bill it, or question it. Entries with only "worked on website" force someone to reconstruct the day later.
Convenience features create weak records if the saved data never becomes a durable file or approved timesheet. Autofill, browser history, and open tabs are not a substitute for an entry that states work actually done and time actually spent. Save or export finished records before closing a temporary session, especially on shared devices or browsers configured to clear local data.
Privacy also belongs in the workflow. U.S. businesses handling personal information must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance tells companies with sensitive customer or employee information to collect only what they need, protect it, and dispose of it securely. California employees and job applicants are covered by CCPA rights for covered businesses, because the employment-data exemptions expired on December 31, 2022.
A one-off browser log is enough for a solo client invoice, a short contractor project, or a simple weekly recap with no approval step. It also works when the source data is small, the rate is agreed in advance, and the same person records and reviews the time. Keep the file with the invoice or payroll packet so the record survives beyond the browser session.
A managed workflow is safer once multiple people submit time, managers approve it, budgets matter, or payroll and billing use the same source data. Everhour fits that stage by turning logged time into customizable reports with columns, grouping, metadata filters, exports, and scheduled email delivery, so teams stop rebuilding browser logs into spreadsheets for every review cycle.
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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 timekeeping form or system. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, records need daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek.
A reviewable entry includes the worker, date, project or client, task, work description, start and stop times or total hours, billable status, and any approval notes your workflow uses. Browser autofill can speed up names and projects, but the final record still needs the time facts that support payroll, billing, or client questions.
For FLSA overtime, the workweek is a fixed, regularly recurring 168-hour period made of seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime.
Browser history shows visits, not the full work record. It usually omits the reason for the work, whether the time was billable, daily totals, weekly totals, and approval status. 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.
Collect the minimum personal data needed to administer time, payroll, billing, or scheduling. U.S. businesses must avoid unfair or deceptive practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, and FTC guidance calls for safe storage and secure disposal of sensitive employee information. Covered businesses with California employees or job applicants also need to account for CCPA employment-data rights.
Everhour Reporting builds reports from logged time with 45+ available columns, grouping, date ranges, metadata filters, and conditional formatting. Teams can export saved reports as CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF, or schedule recurring email delivery for payroll, billing, profitability, or overtime review.
Everhour embeds time tracking controls inside supported 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 or project they already have open, which keeps browser work tied to the source assignment.
Move beyond one-off browser logs with Everhour Reporting. Build grouped, filtered reports from logged time, export CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF files, and schedule recurring delivery for cleaner billing and payroll review.
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