Question

If a state wage and hour law requires that a non-exempt employee be paid an overtime premium when the employee works more than 8 hours in a day and the employee works the following schedule, how many overtime hours must the employee be paid for?

a) 4 hours
b) 8 hours
c) 12 hours
d) 16 hours

Answer 1

The employee worked more than 8 hours on both Wednesday and Thursday; 4 overtime hours on Wednesday and 8 overtime hours on Thursday, totaling 12 overtime hours for which the employee must be paid the overtime premium.

Step-by-step explanation:

If a state wage and hour law requires that a non-exempt employee be paid an overtime premium when the employee works more than 8 hours in a day and the employee works the following schedule: 4 hours on Monday, 8 hours on Tuesday, 12 hours on Wednesday, and 16 hours on Thursday. To calculate the overtime hours, we must look at the days on which the employee worked more than 8 hours, which are Wednesday and Thursday.

On Wednesday, the employee worked 12 hours, which means 4 hours must be paid at the overtime rate (12 hours - 8 hours = 4 overtime hours). On Thursday, the employee worked 16 hours, meaning 8 hours must be paid at the overtime rate (16 hours - 8 hours = 8 overtime hours). So in total, the employee must be paid for 12 overtime hours (4 hours Wednesday + 8 hours Thursday = 12 overtime hours).