<prompt> Human: What I mean is, if you work more than 40 hours a week, can the employer not pay you for those hours and bank them for later? So lets say I work 50 hours on week one and 30 on week 2, can they not pay me the extra 10 hours for week one and hold onto them for another week like week 2 where I dont meet my 40 hours?  <response>: Assuming youre not salaried, the extra ten hours would have to be paid out at overtime rates. Therefore theyd be stealing five hours pay from you. 