Free employee attendance sheet templates

An attendance sheet records whether each employee was present, absent, or late on each day — the basic 'who was here, when' record needed for shift teams and HR. A timesheet records how many hours each employee worked, often broken down by project, customer, or task. Most of these templates can serve both purposes; the difference is how you frame the columns.

Yes. The templates are unlocked, so you can add your company name, change shift categories, add columns for sites or departments, adjust overtime rules, or protect formula cells before sharing with the team.

It depends on your jurisdiction. Most employers are required to keep a record of working time that's accurate, accessible, and retained for a defined period (often years). A spreadsheet can be a legal record if it's complete, dated, attributable to a specific employee, and protected from silent edits — but in practice that's hard to prove without an audit trail. Treat these templates as a starting point, and consult local rules before relying on them for inspection or payroll disputes.