> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bolto.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Contractor Timesheets

> How hourly contractors log time, how you approve it, and how approved hours become payments.

Contractors on **Timesheet (hourly) contracts** log their hours in Bolto; you approve them, and approved hours are paid automatically on the contractor's invoice schedule.

Timesheets are enabled per company from **Organization → Payroll & PTO policies → Timesheets**.

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## How contractors log time

From their portal, contractors log hours per day with an optional description:

* **15-minute increments**, from 0.25 up to 24 hours per day
* Hour types: **Regular, Overtime, Double overtime, Holiday, Rest & recovery**
* Bolto shows contractors a countdown of days left to submit for the current period

## Reviewing and approving

Review from **Contractors → Timesheets** (Owner or Contractor Manager). The **To approve** tab collects pending entries; you can approve or reject individually or in batch (rejections require a reason the contractor can see), edit hours, and un-approve entries that haven't been paid yet.

Entry statuses: **Pending → Approved → Invoiced** (or **Rejected**). Once hours are invoiced they're locked and can never be billed twice.

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## How approved hours become payments

When the contractor's [invoice schedule](/contractors/invoice-schedules) generates the period's invoice — **10 days before the period ends** — all approved, not-yet-invoiced hours are multiplied by the contract's hourly rate and included in the payment.

<Warning>
  Approve hours **before the invoice generates**. Hours approved after the cutoff roll into the next period, and a contractor with no approved hours is skipped for that period.
</Warning>

Bolto surfaces approval deadlines on the timesheets page so nothing slips.