The amount of people who don’t understand if you convert the work week to a work month your employer is avoiding paying overtime for hourly employees is insane! Example: Week 1- 50 hours (2 extra hours per shift) Week 2- 60 hours (4 extra hours per shift) Week 3- 40 hours (no extra time) Week 4- 10 hours (no extra time) Still 160 hours total, however, w/o a 40 hour work week you would not receive overtime pay b/c the pay period is based off the month not the week. Get it now?!