Question

Gregory works as a glazier in a window manufacturing company in Steinbach, MB. He earns $19.99/h for a 37.5 hour week and time and a half for anything additional hours over 37.5 hours. If Gregory worked the following hours, how much did he earn?

Mon : 8 hours
Tues: 7 hours and 45 min
Wed: 7 hours and 30 min
Thurs: 8 hours
Fri: 7 hours and 15 min
Sat: 10 hours

Answer 1

Gregory's total earnings are calculated by summing his regular hourly wages for 37.5 hours plus the additional overtime pay for hours worked beyond the standard workweek, which are paid at a rate of one and a half times the standard hourly rate.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate the total earnings of Gregory, a glazier who earns $19.99 per hour for a standard 37.5-hour workweek and time and a half for any hours worked over that. To solve this, we need to add his regular wages to his overtime wages.

The regular workweek hours are 8 + 7.75 + 7.5 + 8 + 7.25 = 38.5 hours, which includes 1 hour of overtime since it's over the standard 37.5 hours. The total hourly pay for the overtime work done on Saturday (10 hours) will be calculated at time and a half.

Regular wages: 37.5 hours × $19.99/hour
Overtime wages for the weekday: 1 hour × ($19.99/hour × 1.5)
Overtime wages for Saturday: 10 hours × ($19.99/hour × 1.5)

We add these amounts together to find Gregory's total earnings for the week.