Make sure the pay period, employees, and overtime rules are accurate in the My Team and Settings tabs.

Select Yes if you'd like to require employees to leave a note explaining changes made to their hours.

If you have employees in states with different overtime rules, create default rules you'd like here, then add rules for other states in time tracking Settings after setup.

Reference our Help Center for state-by-state overtime laws.

Overtime laws are based on the state where your employees work.

If you do not have managers assigned in your account, an admin of the company with the required permissions will need to approve hours.

Managers will not see employee compensation.

You can use the drop-down to assign existing managers to employees who do not yet have them.

If you already have Managers set up in Gusto, they’ll be automatically assigned to their direct reports.

Employees and managers will receive Gusto Time Tracking welcome emails, with steps to track their hours.

For salary non-exempt (eligible for overtime) employees, only overtime hours are synced to payroll.

To give an employee login access, add their email in the People section.

Only non-exempt (eligible for overtime) employees with a Gusto login are eligible-these can be non-exempt hourly or salaried employees.

Select which non-exempt (eligible for overtime) employees will be tracking their time in Gusto by clicking + next to their name.

If you need a new pay schedule to use Time Tracking, follow the instructions to contact us so we can assist.

To change the work week, you'll need to update your pay schedule.

The work week in Time Tracking corresponds with your pay schedule.

Gusto will automatically check to see if your pay schedule is set up in arrears, a requirement for this feature.

Click Learn more in the Time tracking for payroll tile.

Clicking the Time tools section and select Time tracking.

Click the Settings section on the left-hand side.

At this time, Gusto Time Tracking is only available for hourly employees and salaried employees eligible for overtime.įirst, make sure that Time tracking is enabled.

Time tracking for contractors