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Timesheet Form

Submit weekly hours by day with breaks, overtime, expenses and an approval signature.

A ready-to-use human resources form for HR, people ops and hiring managers: 23 questions, 4 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
23
Pages
4
Layouts
classic · card
Conditional rules
4
Typical time
4 min
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Page 1 of 4Week details

Weekly timesheet

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What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.

Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.

Who this template is for

Timesheet Form is built for HR, people ops and hiring managers who need to run hiring and internal people processes on one auditable record.

  • HR, people ops and hiring managers working in human resources.
  • Teams who need to run hiring and internal people processes on one auditable record without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing CVs, requests and approvals scattered across inboxes with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are candidates and employees — the form asks them 23 questions across 4 screens.
  • Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of CVs, requests and approvals scattered across inboxes and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 8 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It accepts a document or photo upload as evidence.
  • It records a signature you can keep as proof of agreement.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • It captures a numeric value you can filter and sort on.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 4 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
  • Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Timesheet Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Check the upload limits on the file question so respondents can attach what you actually need.
  5. 5Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  6. 6Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features conditional validation: if “Did you work any overtime?” is Yes, “Overtime hours and reason” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Expense details”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, “Receipts” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Did you take any unpaid leave?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Days and reason for leave”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Payroll runs late because timesheets arrive in five different formats. This one fixes the format. The employee picks the week ending date, their department and the project or cost code the hours belong to, then enters hours and break time for each day of the week. Overtime is a separate question rather than something hidden inside a daily total, and answering yes asks for the reason and the approving manager, which is the audit trail payroll needs. Expenses and mileage sit at the end with a receipt upload, so a claim never travels separately from the week it belongs to. The employee declares the hours are accurate and signs, and the submission lands as a searchable row you can filter by person, week or project and export straight into payroll.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Week details

  • Employee namerequired
  • Departmentrequired
  • Week endingrequired
  • Project or cost code

Page 2 — Hours

  • Monday hours
  • Tuesday hours
  • Wednesday hours
  • Thursday hours
  • Friday hours
  • Saturday hours
  • Sunday hours
  • Total unpaid break hours

Page 3 — Overtime and leave

  • Did you work any overtime?required
  • Overtime hours and reason
  • Approving manager
  • Did you take any unpaid leave?required
  • Days and reason for leave

Page 4 — Expenses and sign-off

  • Are you claiming expenses this week?required
  • Expense details
  • Mileage (miles)
  • Receipts
  • Declarationrequired
  • Employee signaturerequired

23 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 4 behaviours driven by 3 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Did you work any overtime?

  • Makes answers required

    If “Did you work any overtime?” is Yes, “Overtime hours and reason” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Are you claiming expenses this week?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, the form reveals “Expense details”.

  • Makes answers required

    If “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, “Receipts” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Did you take any unpaid leave?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Did you take any unpaid leave?” is Yes, the form reveals “Days and reason for leave”.

What it pairs with

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Privacy & compliance

This form holds employee or applicant data. Route it to a named HR mailbox rather than a shared inbox, and keep the audit trail on so you can show who viewed each response.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use it for two-weekly or monthly periods?

Yes. Duplicate the form and change the daily rows into weekly totals, or add a second week page for fortnightly payroll.

How do managers approve it?

Send the submission notification to the approving manager and record their decision in a short approval form, or add an approval field they complete on the same record.

Does it calculate the total automatically?

Add a calculation field that sums the day fields and subtracts breaks, so the employee sees the total before submitting.

Is the Timesheet Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Timesheet Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Timesheet Form template ask for?

It asks 23 questions across 4 pages, 8 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Timesheet Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic and card layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this human resources form work?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features conditional validation: if “Did you work any overtime?” is Yes, “Overtime hours and reason” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. Features advanced show logic: if “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Expense details”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features conditional validation: if “Are you claiming expenses this week?” is Yes, “Receipts” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Timesheet Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Timesheet Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

Can respondents upload files?

Yes. This template includes a file upload question, so respondents can attach documents or photos with their answers. You can adjust the accepted file types and size limits on that question.

Is the signature on this form legally usable?

The template captures a drawn signature and stores it with the submission, along with the timestamp, so you keep evidence of who agreed and when. Whether that is sufficient depends on your jurisdiction and the agreement itself.

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