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Don’t work overtime tracking your staff’s overtime
Reward employees' extra working hours with our award-winning overtime tracker
- Be certain of extra hours worked with clear records
- Approve or decline overtime requests in real-time
- Choose between overtime pay or time off in lieu
- Run payroll smoothly with accurate reporting
Join 6,000+ Canadian businesses that trust BrightHR
Join 6,000+ Canadian businesses that trust BrightHR
Always keep on top of your staff overtime
Managing staff overtime can be tough. Forgetting to track additional hours? Don't believe they worked 3 extra hours? Our overtime tracker helps you eliminate guesswork.
- Reward your staff with payable overtime or time in lieu
- Let staff log their own additional hours—right down to the minute
- Generate full, downloadable reports so you know who’s owed what
- Get instant notifications for new and updated overtime requests
Choose how you reward your staff’s extra hours
Whether you want to bank their hours for later use (Time in Lieu), offer overtime pay, or a hybrid of both—our overtime tracker lets you choose how.
- Gain a clear view of your staff’s hours and pay rates
- View, edit or cancel overtime requests in seconds
- Keep staff updated on how many banked hours they have left
- Easily plan ahead with an overview of your employees’ banked hours
Simplify your payroll with up-to-the-minute logs
Our overtime tracker makes it simple to pay your staff correctly and on time without missing a beat, and proves that overtime hours worked needn’t throw a spanner in your payroll function.
- Generate and download accurate timesheet reports
- Give your staff control over their hours with easy time-tracking
What our customers say about BrightHR
Using BrightHR makes us much more organised and centralises our processes, making it quicker for us to manage sickness and vacations.
Nottingham Credit Union
BrightHR is a user-friendly system and the team are on hand to answer any questions we ever have. I would highly recommend BrightHR.
Deborah Gillespie @ Change, Recruitment Group
Our staff absolutely love using the system and the ease of booking vacations and clocking in using Blip. Customer service is amazing...
Steven Greenall @ Cornerstone Children’s Home
Make accurate time-tracking easy with the Blip app
Blip our time tracking app available on iOS or Android, lets your employees clock in or out with just their mobile.
- Know who’s on, off, or on a break with real-time updates
- Prompt forgetful staff to log their hours with auto-alerts
- Enable remote working with secure geolocation tracking
- Make sure you’re compliant with Hours of Work Regulations
See our handy Overtime Tracker in action!
Discover just how much simpler our Overtime Tracker makes everyday tasks—from timesheets to payroll. Our video gives you a quick introduction to everything you need to know.
But if you want to see what your business could look like with this tracker in your toolkit, book a free demo with our experts today.
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Q. QuestionDo I legally need to pay my staff overtime or can I give them time off in lieu?
You can opt to give your employees time off in lieu instead of paying them for overtime.
But you need to make sure that your employment contracts align with this and don’t promise your employees payment for overtime. You also need to ensure that your employee payroll follows legal requirements.
Be confident you’re doing the right thing for your employees and the law by getting in touch with our team of employment realations advisors on BrightAdvice. They’re available 24/7 to answer all your urgent questions
Q. QuestionDo I need to pay overtime hours if my staff work over 40 hours a week?
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