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Hours entered by the consultant, approved by the client, fixed at approval.

Consultants enter the week the way the client counts it. Approvers approve from an email, with no account. Approved hours are fixed, and invoices, vendor bills and payroll files are built on them.

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Week view

Hours that match how the client counts them.

Seven kinds of hours, the company's own week start, and a PDF per week. Drafts are not timesheets: nothing counts until the consultant submits, and period totals count only the days inside the period.

Priya Nair · Northwind Health Week of 5 Oct 2026 Submitted
KindMonTueWedThuFriTotal
Working8.08.06.58.08.038.5
Billable meeting––1.5––1.5
Vacation–––––0.0
Billable8.08.08.08.08.040.0

Also: other billable, non-billable, holiday and sick. Submitted Mon 12 Oct, 08:14.

Email approvals

Approvers approve from email. No account needed.

One link per approver per week. Approve all, approve one day, or ask for changes with a note. Staff can approve on the client's behalf and attach the client's own approval as evidence; a backup approver can step in when a week waits too long, if your company turns that on. Clients approve from the emailed link, with no account needed; client contacts who sign in to the client portal can also see their invoices and roster, and the placement's approver can approve there too. The client portal is switched on per company.

Approve Ananya Rao’s hours · week of Sep 29
  • Mon8
  • Tue8
  • Wed8
  • Thu8
  • Fri8

Total 40.0 h

Approve all Ask for changes

Approved by Dana Whitfield · Oct 6, 9:14 am · rates fixed at approval

Fixed at approval

Approved hours are fixed. Changes go through a correction.

Invoices, vendor bills and payroll files read the hours and rates as they were at approval. A later change is made as a correction with a reason, and the original stays as it was, so what was billed can be traced.

Week of 5 Oct · Priya Nair 40.0 h approved Approved
  1. Draft Entered by the consultant
  2. Submitted Mon 12 Oct, 08:14
  3. Approved · fixed Daniel Okafor, Northwind Health, from email · Mon 12 Oct, 10:02
  • Invoice NW-2026-041 To Crestline Partners · 40.0 h at $96.00 Reads this week
  • Vendor bill MB-208 From Meridian Tech Staffing · compared with 40.0 h Reads this week
  • Payroll file · 16 Oct W-2 hours only; Priya is C2C, so not included Skipped

Reminders

Nobody is chased twice a day.

A Not submitted list with one Remind everyone action: no more than one digest per person per day, not sent in quiet hours (8 pm to 8 am), and stopped the moment the week is submitted or approved.

Not submitted · Week of 5 Oct 3 people · quiet hours 20:00 to 08:00 Remind everyone
  • Anita Desai Acme Consulting · reminded today 09:00 Draft
  • Tom Becker Meridian Tech Staffing · no entries yet Empty
  • Sofia Alvarez Northwind Health · changes requested Tue Changes

One digest per person per day; nothing goes out in quiet hours.

Questions

Asked before a walkthrough.

Do approvers need an account?

No. Each approver gets one link per week by email. They can approve every line, approve one day at a time, or ask for changes with a note. Staff can also approve on the client's behalf and keep the client's own approval as evidence.

What if an approver is away?

An approver who is away has their weeks handed to a delegate for set dates; revoking stops the delegate's links.

What happens to hours after approval?

They are fixed at approval. Invoices, vendor bills and payroll files use the approved hours and the rates in force at the time. A later change is made as a correction with a reason, and the original is kept.

Can a consultant enter time for someone else?

No. Consultants see and submit their own week only. Managers see their team; vendors see their own consultants.

Which kinds of hours are there?

Working, billable meeting, other billable, non-billable, holiday, vacation and sick. The week starts on the day your company sets, and period totals count only the days inside the period.

See a week go from draft to invoice.

A 30-minute walkthrough with sample data from Acme Consulting and Northwind Health.

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