<prompt> Human: Got an example for you, based on something that regularly happens to my paycheck.Lets say base pay is 10 per hour, and overtime is time-and-a-half, 15 per hour, and overtime is awarded after having worked 40 hours within a work week. Standard stuff, Im sure. If Im explaining too much, my apologies.Lets say I work 50 hours a week. That would entitle me to 400 at the standard rate, plus 150 of overtime pay, before taxes. 550 total, unless my math is horrible.In the earnings section of my pay stub, there is a row defined for the regular rate, and a row defined for the overtime rate; it defines the pay rate for each, as well as breakdowns for how many hours worked, current monies owed according to each rate, and a year-to-date column. When I check my paycheck, theres nothing listed in the overtime row despite having worked overtime hours. Instead, the regular row of my pay stub had been adjusted to reflect that I had worked 55 hours total, which means I would be entitled to the 550 I was owed.So heres my question: is there an incentive for an employer to do such a thing? I dont understand why my employer does it this way, because at the end of the day, Im still getting paid, but I dont want this to bite me in the ass down the road in one way or another. Mathematically, it works at face value.  <response>: Either someones boss doesnt want to get crapped on for too many over-time hours but doesnt check regular hours or someone doesnt know where the overtime box is. 