Timesheet app for hr managers

Everhour Timesheets support payroll review and approvals, while HR managers keep employee hours, leave, and records organized.

Calculate your hours

Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.

Employee Time Card
DayTime InBreak Start
Break End
Break
Time OutTotal
Total hours0:00
Regular0:00
Overtime0:00
Double OT0:00
Total hours0:00
Regular0:00
Overtime0:00
Double OT0:00
Total gross pay
Regular pay
Overtime pay
Double OT pay
Calculator options
Document infofor PDF / print
Employee Signature
Date
Supervisor Signature
Date

Everhour does it all — track, budget, report & invoice

The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.

Go ahead — start tracking!

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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Works with your favorite tool:
Everhour — Time Tracking
Time Entries
01:24:00
00:31:00
01:07:00

No more budget surprises

Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.

  • Real-time cost tracking
  • Set different rates per person or project
  • Alerts before you hit the budget limit
Everhour — Budgeting
Acme Web Project
1
50% of budget used
$2,500.00of $5,000.00
$2,500.00 remaining
75%
Actual costRemaining cost

Measurement

Track your budget through time or costs

Simple, customizable reports

Every report you need — configured your way, always up to date.

  • See who does what in real time
  • Configure any report
  • Scheduled email reports
Everhour — Reports

Your invoice is ready!

Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.

  • Billable hours straight into the invoice
  • Configure invoice templates
  • Copy invoices to QuickBooks or Xero
  • Invoicing dashboard with status
Everhour — Invoices
Your Company LLChello@yourcompany.com
INVOICE
Invoice #1042
Group by:
DescriptionHoursRateAmount
Website Redesign14h$150/h$2,100.00
Brand Guidelines7h$150/h$1,050.00
Marketing Strategy3.5h$150/h$525.00
Total Due$3,675.00
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Time records for HR operations

Keep HR records payroll-ready

HR managers need time records that show the hours employees worked each day and the total hours worked each workweek for non-exempt workers covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions. The app should make weekly review simple enough for managers to catch missing entries before payroll closes, especially across HR specialists, support staff, and department supervisors.

The practical outcome is a clean weekly record, not a pile of disconnected clock notes. A useful HR timesheet shows employee name, workweek, daily hours worked, total weekly hours, leave entries, approval status, and corrections. For U.S. payroll context, rate and billing fields normally use U.S. dollars when money values appear.

Track leave and absence context

HR work includes personnel records and reports on absence, leave, and workforce activity. A timesheet app should separate hours actually worked from paid time not worked, such as vacation, sick leave, or other approved leave, because those categories answer different payroll and HR questions. Mixing them creates inflated work totals and weak absence reporting.

FMLA records need extra care for covered U.S. employers with FMLA-eligible employees. Required FMLA records must be kept for at least three years and include leave dates and hours of leave when leave is taken in increments of less than one full day. A half-day leave entry should show the date, the leave category, and the partial-day hours instead of a vague note.

Review weekly totals before payroll

Federal overtime for covered non-exempt employees is based on a fixed workweek, not a daily average. The FLSA workweek is a fixed, regularly recurring period of 168 hours, and covered non-exempt employees must receive at least one and one-half times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in that workweek unless an exemption applies.

A useful HR review flow flags weekly totals over 40, unusual daily totals, missing days, and late edits. Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or regular rest-day work does not trigger federal overtime premium pay by itself under the FLSA. The weekly threshold matters unless another state law, local rule, policy, contract, or bargaining agreement adds a different premium rule.

Move from files to approvals

A free or one-off timesheet can handle a small weekly cleanup when one HR manager needs totals for a few employees. It becomes fragile when employees submit time late, managers approve by email, leave records sit elsewhere, and payroll needs an audit trail. HR needs submitted, reviewed, corrected, approved, and locked time records when the process repeats every pay period.

Everhour Timesheets fit that managed workflow by collecting weekly project hours and working hours by person, then letting managers approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted time. That structure gives HR a clearer handoff to payroll, billing, or reporting without turning every correction into a new spreadsheet version.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does an HR timesheet app need to use a specific federal format?

The FLSA does not require covered employers to use a specific timekeeping form, app, or clock system. The method must produce complete and accurate records for non-exempt workers, including hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions.

Which HR timesheet fields matter before payroll closes?

Payroll review needs employee identity, workweek, daily hours worked, total weekly hours, leave categories, approval status, and correction history. For covered non-exempt employees, weekly totals over 40 matter because FLSA overtime is based on hours worked over 40 in a workweek at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate.

Should HR timesheets separate leave from worked time?

Yes. HR timesheets should separate hours actually worked from paid time not worked so payroll, absence reporting, and compliance review stay clear. For covered U.S. employers with FMLA-eligible employees, FMLA records must include leave dates and partial-day leave hours when leave is taken in increments of less than one full day.

Can HR use timesheets for both compliance and workload reporting?

Yes, if the categories stay distinct. Compliance review needs accurate daily and weekly hours for covered non-exempt workers, while HR workload reporting tracks effort across recruiting, training, benefits, payroll support, employee relations, and internal projects. One system can support both purposes when entries use consistent categories and approval rules.

Which record retention rule affects HR timesheets?

FLSA guidance requires employers to preserve payroll records for at least three years and wage-computation records, including time cards and work schedules, for two years. Covered employers with FMLA-eligible employees must keep required FMLA records for at least three years, including dates and partial-day hours of FMLA leave.

How does Everhour support HR timesheet approval?

Everhour Timesheets collect weekly project hours and working hours by person so managers can review submitted time before payroll, billing, or reporting. Managers can approve, reject, partially approve, and lock submitted entries, which helps HR keep corrections visible and protect approved time from regular member edits.

Bring order to HR time review

Use approved weekly timesheets, leave context, and locked records to give payroll a cleaner handoff. Everhour gives HR managers a repeatable approval workflow for employee time.

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