Question

Question

according to the us department of labor, under the fair labor standards act, "employees covered by the
act must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than time and
one-half their regular rates of pay."

rafaela has been working at an regular rate of $14. she works 50 hours per week and is paid time and a
half for overtime. what is rafaela's average hourly rate?

hint: time and a half for overtime' means that an employee is paid at one and a half times their hourly
rate for every hour more than 40 hours they work a week.

Answer 1

Rafaela's average hourly rate is $15.40 when she works 50 hours in a week, including overtime, based on her regular rate of $14 per hour and time-and-a-half overtime pay.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employee is entitled to overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 in a week at a rate not less than time and a half their regular rates of pay. For Rafaela, who has a regular hourly rate of $14, her overtime rate would be $21 per hour (1.5 times the regular rate). To calculate Rafaela's average hourly rate, we combine her regular pay for the first 40 hours with her overtime pay for the additional 10 hours:

• Regular pay for 40 hours: 40 hours × $14/hour = $560
• Overtime pay for 10 hours: 10 hours × $21/hour = $210

To find the average, we sum these amounts and divide by the total hours worked:

Total pay = $560 + $210 = $770

Average hourly rate = Total pay ÷ Total hours worked

Average hourly rate = $770 ÷ 50 hours = $15.40

Therefore, Rafaela's average hourly rate is $15.40 when she works 50 hours a week, including overtime.