Everhour records task and project hours through timers or manual entries, then feeds 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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A weekly hours sheet helps you turn scattered work logs into a usable record. You can list each workday, project, client, task, start time, stop time, break, billable status, rate, notes, and daily total. A template works best when every person uses the same categories, so billing, payroll, and project review do not require manual cleanup later.
For U.S. wage-and-hour recordkeeping, the FLSA requires covered employers to keep accurate records for non-exempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek. The federal baseline does not require one specific timekeeping form or system. Any complete and accurate method can work, provided the record captures the information needed for covered employees and any state, local, policy, or contract requirements.
Each line should connect time to a business purpose. A practical row includes date, person, client, project, task, start time, stop time, unpaid break, total hours, billable or non-billable status, hourly rate when billing applies, and a short note. U.S. billing and payroll examples normally use U.S. dollars, so rate fields should be formatted as USD unless your contract uses another currency.
Weekly totals matter because federal overtime under the FLSA is based on a fixed, regularly recurring 168-hour workweek. 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 employee's regular rate of pay. Hours may not be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes.
A reusable template should separate hours actually worked from paid time not worked, billable time from internal time, and approved time from draft entries. A common mistake is using one free-text notes column for everything. That creates inconsistent labels such as admin, operations, meetings, and non-billable work for the same type of time, then someone has to normalize the file before invoicing or payroll review.
A better structure uses fixed options for client, project, task type, and billing status. Date fields should follow one format, totals should sit at the daily and weekly level, and edits should leave a trace through notes or approval status. 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 free template is enough for a solo freelancer, a small one-off project, or a weekly hours total that only needs light review. It gives you a simple record and a repeatable layout. It breaks down when people reconstruct time at the end of the week, use different task names, skip billable status, or revise approved hours without a clear trail.
A managed workflow becomes the better fit when tracked time needs to feed invoices, payroll review, budgets, approvals, and reports. Everhour Time Tracking supports live timers and manual entries against tasks and projects, then routes those entries into timesheets, reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review. Admins can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules to keep the record usable after the week ends.
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A weekly hours template should include date, worker, client, project, task, start time, stop time, unpaid break, total hours, billable status, rate when billing applies, notes, and weekly totals. For FLSA-covered non-exempt employees, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.
A spreadsheet can be enough when entries stay complete, accurate, and consistently reviewed. The FLSA federal baseline does not require covered employers to use a specific timekeeping system for non-exempt workers. The method still needs to capture required daily and weekly hours, preserve records for the required period, and satisfy any applicable state, local, policy, or contract rules.
A template should track both. Daily totals help check missing entries, long shifts, and break handling. Weekly totals matter for FLSA overtime because covered non-exempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at at least 1.5 times the regular rate. The workweek is 168 fixed hours, and FLSA overtime hours may not be averaged across workweeks.
Loose task labels cause the most billing cleanup. A line that says support, client help, or updates may describe the same work, but invoices and reports treat those labels as different categories. Use fixed project, task, and billable-status fields so a reviewer can separate client work, internal work, and non-billable time without rewriting the sheet.
A time template should collect only the information needed for payroll, billing, project review, or compliance. U.S. privacy duties depend on the business and state, and federal FTC guidance says companies keeping sensitive personal information about employees should collect only what they need, keep it safe, and dispose of it securely. California employee time-tracking data may also fall under CCPA obligations for covered businesses.
Everhour Time Tracking lets people record task and project hours with live timers or manual entries, including inside supported tools such as Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Jira, Monday, Notion, Trello, and Basecamp. Those entries feed timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review instead of staying in a separate weekly spreadsheet.
Track hours at the task and project level, review submitted timesheets, lock approved periods, and move clean records into reporting, billing, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review with Everhour.
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