Hours+ is a digital product that allows production crew members to enter/submit timecards electronically.
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The Employee role can create and submit his or her own timecards. All other roles have employee permissions by default.
Logging in
Your login credentials are active only after receiving and accepting the project invitation email from the system. Visit https://hoursplus.castandcrew.com/ to go to the login page.
If you’re new to Cast & Crew, you can learn how to register for an account here.
Creating a timecard
- After logging in, select your project from the dashboard.
- Click Create Timecard on the "My timecards" screen to begin a new timecard.
- If your timecard information is the same as last week, you can simply click Copy from Previous Week to automatically populate a new timecard with the same information as last week. This will save you time, so you don’t have to start from scratch.
- Otherwise, if you’re starting a new timecard, select a new or previous week ending.
- Make sure the occupation code shown is correct. If you need to change it, click Select an Occupation Code and select the correct one.
- If everything looks correct, click Looks Good, Let's enter my times.
- Here is where you'll fill in the details for your timecard.
- Ensure the correct days are selected for your week.
- Selected workdays will be highlighted in blue. Days not included will be gray. Click the blue box to remove the day from your week. Click the gray box to add it to your week. Days marked with a * symbol cannot be selected for that week
- Selected workdays will be highlighted in blue. Days not included will be gray. Click the blue box to remove the day from your week. Click the gray box to add it to your week. Days marked with a * symbol cannot be selected for that week
- Start by entering your Work Location.
- Next, enter the correct Day Type.
- Day Types may differ based on your specific contract, so reach out for your production-specific defaults. To view a guide of the most common day types, click here.
- Day Types may differ based on your specific contract, so reach out for your production-specific defaults. To view a guide of the most common day types, click here.
- Next, enter the Work State and Work City. This will autofill with a default selection. You can update these values if they are different than what’s listed
- Now you can enter your times for Call, First Meal Out, First Meal In, and Wrap where applicable.
- Note: Hours+ captures time in military format. Learn how to enter times in your timecard here.
- If you need additional fields, such as NDB In and NDM, you can add them from the Meal and Additional Fields dropdown in the top-right corner of your timecard.
- You can click Copy to all days to populate the same information to all days in your timecard or enter your time day-by-day.
- Scroll down to enter any allowances/expenses and attach supporting documents. Click the gray checkmark to save.
- Enter any comments in the "Notes & History" section and click the gray checkmark to save.
- Note: Your added allowances/expenses and comments will only be saved once you click the checkmarks, so don’t forget!
- Click Save Work at the bottom of the page to come back to this timecard and complete at a later time.
- Once you're ready to submit, click Submit.
- If you utilized the "Copy to all days" function, a confirmation dialogue will show. Click Yes, Approve.
- Type your name to sign your timecard.
- Click Approve to submit your timecard for review and approval.