(Subject to state differences)...
At it sounds like you figured out, the way it's supposed to work is that
you specify whichever day of the week is the start of the week and then
it's supposed to calculate OT based on 7 day periods, each starting on that
start day, regardless of when the pay cycle
For years I have had a semi monthly payroll. 14-16 days in a pay period
consisting of 7 or 8 day work weeks. I discovered today that the software would
take a pay period that started on a Friday, and presume anything over 40 was
OT. Normally that means it would hit 40 at the end of Thursday an