Patent ID: 8700505

Claim:
An apparatus for managing time related work activities of at least one worker for at least one client, said apparatus comprising: (a) a computer system, said computer system including a time sheet component for electronically transmitting to at least one client information related to time worked by at least one worker, said time sheet component further including a time sheet interface for allowing a first user to electronically record time worked by at least one worker for a given time period; (b) said computer system further including a management component for automatically analyzing time electronically recorded by said first user by comparing time electronically recorded for a specified period by said first user to at least one predetermined cost management criteria to obtain cost management information relating to time electronically recorded by said first user; and (c) said computer system further including a communication component operably associated with said management component for automatically communicating to at least one user of said computer system cost management information obtained by said management component.