Overview
The Timesheets tab under Default Values configures how your tenant tracks time, splits overtime on exports, and formats CSV downloads for payroll providers. These settings apply whether you use timesheets for simple attendance, job costing, payroll, or all three.
Warning: Dirt Face does not process payroll. These settings control time tracking, job costing estimates, and manual hour exports to QuickBooks or external payroll apps. Burdened labor rates are approximate — enter actual wages in your payroll system.
Where in the app: Business Settings → Default Values → Timesheets
Open: Timesheets settings
Plan requirement: Crew plan or higher (Solo plan tenants do not see this tab). Active trials count as Crew.
Uses a separate Save timesheet settings button on this subtab.
Pay period
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Week starts on | First day of the pay/export week (independent of crew work week on Default Settings) |
| Default pay period | Weekly, biweekly (every 2 weeks), twice monthly (1st & 15th), or monthly |
| Biweekly anchor date | Required when biweekly — starting date for alternating 14-day periods |
Twice monthly periods run 1st through 15th, then 16th through month end.
These defaults drive period presets on Approve timesheets → Time export.
Overtime
Toggle Enable OT on exports to split regular and overtime hours on summary and detail exports.
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Weekly OT threshold | Default 40 hours — hours above count as OT for the week |
| Daily OT threshold | Optional — leave blank to disable daily OT |
| OT calculation | Weekly only, Daily only, or Max of daily and weekly when daily threshold is set |
OT on exports is a configurable approximation. Verify against your state rules and payroll provider.
Time export defaults
| Setting | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Default export status | Usually Approved — filters which entries appear in downloads |
| Include estimated labor cost | Adds burdened labor cost columns (job costing estimate, not wages) |
| Payroll CSV template | Column layout: Generic, Gusto, ADP, or Paychex |
Managers download reports manually from Manage → Approve timesheets → Time export. There is no scheduled email in v1.
Labor rates (by function)
Configure optional base hourly rate and burden multiplier per job function:
| Function | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Field crew | Installers, field ops |
| Shop | Fabrication |
| Yard | Staging / yard |
| Office | Office staff on My time |
Leave blank to fall back to organization averages or per-employee overrides in Manage Team.
Approved hours × resolved burdened rate feed job costing and optional columns on time exports.
Solo tenants keep a single Avg hourly cost per crew member on Default Settings → quote tab instead of per-function rates.