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

Your gross pay will be $705.

Here is the breakdown for your pay.

Regular: 32 x 10 = 320
Holiday: 8 x 20 = 160
Overtime: 15 x 15 = 225

If you add them all up, you get 705.

Answer 2

$705

Explanation:

Data

• time worked on holiday: 8 hours

• extra time worked: 15 hours

• regular time worked: 40 - 8 = 32 hours

• You get paid $10.00 per hour
• double pay for the holidays.
• time and half for overtime

Then:

Holiday payment = 2*10*8 = $160

Extra hours payment = 1.5*10*15 = $225

Regular time payment = 10*32 = $320

The gross base pay be for the week is $160 + $225 + $320 = $705