{"id":"dat-hc-paycheck-differentials","audience":"healthcare","category":"data","technique":"verification","title":"Check your paycheck for missing shift differentials","free":false,"task":"You think your last paycheck is short. Your base rate is $40/hr, nights (7 pm to 7 am) add $4/hr, weekend hours add $2/hr, and they stack. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per shift, each as hours x hourly rate = pay, then one unnumbered last line: Should be $X, stub shows $Y, short $Z. Plain text, under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Your shifts and pay stub (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY SHIFTS - pay period Nov 2-8 (4 West, RN)\n- Mon Nov 3: 7 am - 7 pm (12 hrs)\n- Wed Nov 5: 7 pm - 7 am (12 hrs)\n- Sat Nov 8: 7 pm - 7 am into Sunday (12 hrs)\n\nPAY STUB (gross)\nRegular hours: 36 x $40.00 = $1,440.00\nNight differential: 24 x $4.00 = $96.00\nGross: $1,536.00\n\nNotes:\n- Payroll switched systems in October; a few people had errors.\n- Charge pay ($1.50/hr) only applies when I'm charge nurse. I wasn't this period.\n- Coworker said \"weekend diff only counts if the shift starts on Saturday morning.\" She's not sure.\n- I worked all three shifts as scheduled.\n- Payroll questions go to the HR portal.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving your rates","why":"The AI can't know your differentials, so it just agrees with the stub.","fix":"Add: \"Base $40, nights +$4, weekends +$2, and they stack.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Payroll will want the math line by line.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Mon: 12 x $40 = $480\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"title":"Leaving the ending open","why":"The AI explains payroll systems instead of giving you the gap.","fix":"Add: \"End with: Should be $X, stub shows $Y, short $Z.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in an email to payroll.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the rates","patterns":["\\$?40","\\$?4\\b|night","\\$?2\\b|weekend"]},{"label":"Says they stack","patterns":["stack","both","add together"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know your pay rules. Give it the base rate and differentials, and ask for each shift's math.","rubricLabels":["Wed night is 12 x $44 = $528 and Mon day is 12 x $40 = $480","Sat night stacks both differentials: 12 x $46 = $552 (no charge pay added)","The last line says it should be $1,560, the stub shows $1,536, short $24, with no intro"]}