{"id":"fpa-overtime-cost-nonexempt-only-lines","audience":"fpa","category":"finance-work","track":"finance","technique":"constraints","level":"beginner","title":"Compute overtime cost for non-exempt employees only","free":false,"task":"You're estimating October overtime cost for the operations manager. Write a prompt for plain text with lines starting \"Lena:\", \"Omar:\", \"Priya:\" and \"Total:\". Overtime pays 1.5 times the hourly rate. Exempt employees are not paid overtime according to the HR list. Show the math. Under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Source material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"OVERTIME HOURS - October 2026\n\nName | Pay type | Hourly rate | Overtime hours\nLena | Hourly, non-exempt | $20 | 10\nOmar | Hourly, non-exempt | $24 | 6\nPriya | Salaried, exempt | (salary $78,000) | 8\n\nNotes: Priya worked 8 extra hours on the system migration. HR's classification list shows her as exempt. The operations manager would like to compare overtime cost with the monthly overtime budget of $600. Overtime in this report means hours above 40 in a week, already totaled by the payroll system. Payroll taxes and benefits are not included in this estimate. The migration project continues in November, and the manager expects similar hours.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four lines","patterns":["lena","omar","priya","total"]},{"label":"States the multiplier","patterns":["1\\.5"]},{"label":"Excludes exempt employees","patterns":["exempt"]},{"label":"Asks for the math","patterns":["show the math","math"]},{"label":"Caps length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","under \\d+"]}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Paying the exempt employee","why":"The AI computes overtime for Priya.","fix":"Say: \"Exempt employees are not paid overtime per the HR list.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting the 1.5 multiplier","why":"The AI uses the base rate.","fix":"Add: \"Overtime pays 1.5 times the hourly rate.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing labels","why":"The AI writes a table.","fix":"Add: \"Four lines with these exact labels.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown extras","why":"The AI adds bold labels, headings and a closing note.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold. Output only the lines asked for.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits.","fix":"Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each part short.","checks":["maxWords"]}],"hint":"Say the overtime multiplier and who is excluded, then ask for each person's equation.","rubricLabels":["The four lines start Lena:, Omar:, Priya: and Total: in that order","Lena shows 10 x ($20 x 1.5) = 10 x $30 = $300 and Omar shows 6 x ($24 x 1.5) = 6 x $36 = $216","Priya shows $0 (exempt, no overtime pay) and Total shows $300 + $216 + $0 = $516"]}