Problema Solution
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 provided by our tutors
For the 8 hours on the holiday you will be paid: 2*10*8 = $160
For the 15 hours overtime you will be paid: 1.5*10*15 = $225
For the regular 40 - 8 = 32 hours you will be paid: 10*32 = $320
We add them altogether: $160 + $225 + $320 = $705
The gross base for the week will be $705.