Question

It's the holiday season and you are working for a packing company that specializes in holiday fruit cakes. For Christmas this year, the number of clients requesting fruit cakes has more than tripled and orders need to be shipped prior to the New Year. Your supervisor has asked you to work 15 hours more than a normal 40 hour work week, including Christmas day, which falls on a Friday. Therefore, one of your regular 8 hour days will be paid at the holiday rate. You get paid $10.00 per hour plus you get time and a half for overtime and double pay for the holidays. What will your gross base pay be for the week?

Answer 1

Normal rate: $10/hr

Time and a half= $15/hr

Double pay: $20/hr

Hours to be paid at $10/hr =32 hours

$10/hr x 32hrs= $320

$20/hr x 8hrs= $160

$15/hr x 15hrs=$225

Total gross pay: $705