Question

For the second week of August, janet Bennett worked 43.75 hours. janet earns $18.60 an hour. her employer pays overtime for all hours and worked in excess of 40 hours per week and pays 1.5 times the hourly rate for overtime hours. calculate the following for the second week of August ( round your responses to the nearest cent if necessary): regular pay amount, overtime pay, gross pay

Answer 1

1) Gathering the data

2nd week of August

Janet worked 43.75 hours She makes $18.60 per hour

> 40h = Overtime Overtime = 1.5 x 18.60 = $27.9 per hour

2) Let's now calculate the following, the answers are in bold.

Regular Pay:

40 h x 18.60 = $744

Overtime Pay:

Janet worked 3.75 hours so 3.75 x 27.9 =104.625 = $104.63 (rounding up)

Gross Pay:

The sum of Regular Pay and Overtime Pay:

$744 + 104.63 = $848.63