Everhour tracks task and project hours, then connects time data to timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review.
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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Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.
A time tracking platform helps you capture who worked, what they worked on, which project or client the time belongs to, and whether the time is billable. For U.S. employers, the federal baseline under the FLSA focuses on accurate records for covered nonexempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
The practical output is a usable time record, not a stopwatch total. A freelancer needs client-ready billable hours. A manager needs project totals by task. A bookkeeper needs weekly hours that support payroll review. A team lead needs enough detail to compare planned work with actual time without reconstructing the week from memory.
Teams usually choose between manual time entry and automatic timers. Manual entry works when people record time daily and use clear project, client, and task labels. Timers work better for work that changes throughout the day because they capture time as the work happens. A strong platform supports both because field work, meetings, coding, design, and admin tasks follow different rhythms.
The FLSA does not require covered employers to use a specific timekeeping form or system. The record still has to be complete and accurate. For covered nonexempt employees, the system should preserve daily hours worked and weekly totals, because federal overtime is based on hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek and cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks.
A platform needs different views for different jobs. Client billing usually needs project, task, rate, invoice status, and billable versus non-billable time. Payroll review needs working hours by person, dates, approvals, corrections, and overtime visibility when covered nonexempt employees exceed 40 hours in a workweek under the FLSA federal baseline.
A common mistake is treating the invoice view as the payroll record. A client invoice can omit internal admin time, non-billable meetings, or corrections that still matter for payroll and wage records. U.S. 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.
A one-off weekly total is enough when you only need to check one person's hours, estimate a small project, or prepare a simple client summary. That approach breaks down when multiple people work across clients, rates, approvals, and reporting periods. The issue becomes record flow: time has to move from daily entries into review, billing, payroll, and project reporting without re-keying.
Everhour fits that managed workflow by letting teams track time with timers or manual entries, including inside supported project tools, then route the data into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Admins can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules so completed records stay consistent after the week closes.
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G2
Summer 2026
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Summer 2026
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A time tracking platform should record the person, date, project or client, task, hours worked, billable status, and notes when needed. 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.
Manual time entry is enough when workers enter time promptly, use consistent task labels, and submit records for review. Timers reduce recall errors when people switch tasks often. Teams that bill clients or review payroll usually need both options, plus approvals and locked periods after records are accepted.
The FLSA federal baseline uses weekly overtime for covered nonexempt employees. Unless exempt, covered 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. State law, contracts, or policies can add daily overtime or premium rules.
Weekend or holiday work should be labeled when your reporting, client billing, policy, contract, or state law requires it. The FLSA does not require overtime premium pay solely for Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work unless weekly overtime is triggered or another law or agreement applies.
Time tracking data is employee personal information, so businesses should collect only what they need, keep it secure, and dispose of it securely. Federal FTC enforcement covers unfair or deceptive practices and data-security obligations. California's CCPA also covers California employees and job applicants for covered businesses.
Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through live timers or manual entries, including inside supported project tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Those entries feed timesheets, reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review.
Everhour gives admins approval workflows, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules. Managers can approve, reject, or partially approve timesheets before payroll or billing, then protect submitted or approved time from regular member edits once the review period closes.
Track approved hours where work happens, then send clean records into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Everhour keeps project time connected from entry to approval.
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