Core Product

Office Timesheets

Office Timesheets simplifies payroll by letting you track employee hours, edit timesheets, and run accurate, payroll-ready reports. Employees can clock in, track meals and meetings, and sign off on their pay, while managers can review, edit, and approve timesheets.

New to Office Timesheets? Start here Jump to key workflows

Product overview

See Office Timesheets in action

Watch how hourly office employees can use the time clock, how managers review and approve timesheets, and how payroll-ready reports keep your pay periods on track.

Setup

Configure Office Timesheets to track employee hours, manage payroll settings, and enable accurate time reporting across your office team.

Setup checklist

Create and manage profiles

Create profiles for office employees so they can start tracking time.

Assign managers to office employees

So they can review timesheets and approve payroll for their employees.

Configure overtime settings

Understand and configure overtime settings to assign to employees.

Create timesheet codes (Legacy Timekeeping)

If you're using legacy timekeeping, create codes to track non-job events like breaks, meetings, or training.

Create timesheet activities (Flexible Timekeeping)

If you're using flexible timekeeping, create activities so employees can clock in and track time accurately.

Enable Payroll Sign-off

Let office employees and technicians review and approve their timesheets and performance pay.

Required permissions

Requires View employee time tracking and edit page, View and edit all office employee timesheets, and Employee can edit their own timesheets. Contact your account administrator to enable these. See Manage payroll permissions.

Once setup is complete

Hourly office employees can use the time clock and access their personal timesheets. Managers can run reports to support payroll processing.

Quick Start Guide — Office Timesheets

Step 1: Go to the top toolbar and click Settings.

Step 2: In the side panel, go to People > Employees.

Step 3: Click Edit for the employee you want to add payroll settings for.

Step 4: Click the Payroll tab.

Step 5: Select the Include in Payroll option for this employee. New employees are excluded by default — enable this option to include them in payroll.

Employee payroll settings with toggle switch for including employee in payroll.

Step 6: Enter the employee's payroll details. You can also update payroll settings in bulk at Settings > People > Payroll > Employee Payroll Settings. See Manage employee payroll settings.

Key workflows

Core workflows for using Office Timesheets — from clocking in to approving payroll.

Legacy Timekeeping Flexible Timekeeping Individual Payroll Manage Timesheets

Clock in and out with Legacy Timekeeping

Clock in and out, track meals and non-job events like meetings and training sessions.

Clock in and out from the office

Clock in and out with Flexible Timekeeping

Use Time Clock to track time with timesheet activities. Clock into an existing activity, select additional activities to log time against, and clock out.

Use the Time Clock to track your time