When it comes to tracking work in Jira, the native time logging feature does a good job for standard working hours. But what about overtime, travel time, or other special work hours that need to be reported separately?

Whether you need to keep an eye on weekend shifts, off-site work, or billable travel, relying only on Jira’s default worklogs can make reporting tricky. This is where custom worklog attributes come into play.

Jira’s out-of-the-box time logging records only two things: the time spent and the date it was logged. If your team’s work is purely 9-to-5, that’s fine. But for many businesses, different types of hours need to be tracked for:

Compliance with labor laws

Customer invoicing and billing

Internal resource allocation reports

For example, you may need to differentiate between:

Overtime – Hours worked beyond the regular schedule

Travel time – Time spent commuting to client sites or events

Special hours – Night shifts, on-call support, or public holiday work

1. Overtime tracking for accurate payroll
A manufacturing company needs to calculate extra pay for weekend and late-night work. By tagging worklogs with a “Type of Hours” attribute, payroll can easily generate overtime reports directly from Jira.

2. Tracking billable travel time
A consulting firm sends teams on-site to clients. They log travel separately from work hours to bill clients only for agreed activities, while still keeping internal records of total time spent.

3. Monitoring special hours for compliance
A customer support team works 24/7 with rotating night shifts. Tagging these worklogs as “Night Shift” makes compliance reporting simple and transparent.

With Timesheet Builder by Actonic, you can add custom worklog attributes to Jira in just a few clicks. This means your team can select the type of hours whenever they log time.

You can then:

Group by and report on specific types of hours

Export detailed timesheets for invoicing or payroll

Combine standard worklogs with custom attributes in a single view

The result? No more manual spreadsheets or guessing — you’ll have clear, accurate, and detailed time records right inside Jira.

If your business relies on accurate tracking of overtime, travel time, or special hours, it’s time to move beyond Jira’s default setup. With Timesheet Builder, you can bring all your overtime tracking in Jira, travel time in Jira, and other custom worklogs into one powerful, easy-to-use system.