Printable timesheet
A monthly employee attendance form — a time card to print or download as a CSV to open in Excel. Includes every day of the month, clock-in, clock-out, breaks and an hours total. No sign-up.
| Date | Day | Time in | Time out | Break | Total hours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total hours for the month | ||||||
Recording hours is a legal duty — not just an internal policy
The law requires an hours register
The Hours of Work and Rest Law requires employers to keep a record of every employee's working hours. For each working day the record must include the start time, end time and breaks — and it must be kept in real time, not filled in from memory at the end of the month.
No record — the burden of proof is yours
This is the most important point. Under Amendment 24 to the Wage Protection Law, when a dispute over working hours arises and the employer has no proper record, the burden of proof shifts to the employer. In other words, the employer has to prove that the employee did not work the hours they claim. In practice, without an orderly record that is very hard to prove.
Timesheet, hours report, attendance form or time card — the same document
This document goes by many names: work hours sheet, monthly work hours report, employee attendance form, attendance sheet, attendance card or monthly time card. In every case it is the same record — a monthly table where clock-in time, clock-out time and breaks are recorded for each day. The form on this page works for all of these uses: print it as a manual sign-in sheet, or download it as an Excel file to fill in on a computer. If the whole team signs in on one sheet by the door, the printable daily attendance sheet fits better.
What the sheet must include
- The employee's name and the month the sheet covers.
- For each day — clock-in time, clock-out time and breaks.
- The total hours for the month.
- Sign-off: the employee's signature and the signature of the employer or their representative.
The limits of a manual sheet
A printed form meets the formal requirement, but it has three built-in weaknesses. In most cases it is filled in after the fact, so its value as evidence is low. It keeps no record of changes — there is no way to know who changed what and when. And the calculation itself is manual, so break deductions, overtime and Shabbat and holiday rates rely on a formula someone has to maintain.
If you fill in this sheet for several employees every month, this is exactly the point where automatic recording starts to pay off — not because it is more convenient, but because the record becomes one you can rely on.
Calculate the hours once it's filled in
The overtime calculator turns clock-in and clock-out times into a breakdown of regular hours, 125% and 150% — including Shabbat and holidays and break deduction. For a full explanation of breaks themselves, see the breaks guide.
Questions about recording hours
Is keeping a record mandatory?
Yes, under the Hours of Work and Rest Law — for every employee and every working day.
What happens without a record?
In a dispute over hours, the burden of proof shifts to the employer under Amendment 24.
Is Excel good enough?
It meets the requirement, but real-time recording is much stronger as evidence.
Does the employee need to sign?
The employee's sign-off strengthens the record and reduces disputes later.
Want all the hours in one system?
RayClock replaces this sheet with real-time clocking in — from a phone, the web or an NFC station — calculates overtime, Shabbat and holidays and breaks automatically, and keeps a record of every change. At the end of the month you get a report ready for the payroll administrator to review and send to the payroll system.