Timesheets overview

Timesheets help you track the time that employees work on projects and tasks. You can use timesheets to record hours worked, submit them for approval, and support payroll, project billing, and reporting.

Why use timesheets?

Use timesheets to do the following:

  • Ensure that employees are paid accurately based on hours worked

  • Track time spent on client work, internal projects, or overhead

  • Support billing when time is charged back to customers

  • Improve visibility into labor usage and productivity

Who uses timesheets?

Employees or project workers

  • Enter hours by project, task, or time type

  • Save timesheets as drafts and complete them later

  • Edit and resubmit timesheets when changes are needed

  • Add notes or details about work performance

Managers and approvers

  • Review submitted timesheets

  • Approve or decline timesheets or individual entries

  • Ensure that time entries are accurate before payroll or billing processing

Administrators and project managers

  • Control which users can enter time for specific projects

  • Define available tasks for time entry

  • Configure rules, such as required minimum and maximum hours

  • Set up approval workflows and permissions