Question

Sophie Gowna works for a company with a bi-weekly pay cycle. She earns $30

per hour and receives over-time paid at time and a half for any hours worked over
37.5 in one week. Sophie receives a cash company car allowance of $300 per month
and is paid 8% vacation pay on hours worked. She also is receiving a $973.45 cash
reimbursement of travel expenses incurred for the company last month. During this
pay cycle Sophie worked 40 hours in the first week and 35 hours in the second.
Calculate Sophie's gross earnings for this pay cycle.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Sophie worked a total of 75 hours during this pay cycle.

For the first week, she worked 40 hours, and for the second week, she worked 35 hours, which means she didn't work any overtime hours.

To calculate her gross earnings for this pay cycle, we need to calculate her regular pay for the two weeks, her vacation pay, her overtime pay (if any), and her cash reimbursements.

Regular pay for two weeks:

40 hours x $30/hour = $1,200 (first week)

35 hours x $30/hour = $1,050 (second week)

Total regular pay = $1,200 + $1,050 = $2,250

Vacation pay:

8% of $2,250 = $180

Cash reimbursements:

$973.45

Overtime pay:

Sophie didn't work any overtime hours during this pay cycle.

Now, we can calculate her gross earnings:

Regular pay + vacation pay + cash reimbursements =

$2,250 + $180 + $973.45 = $3,403.45

Therefore, Sophie's gross earnings for this pay cycle are $3,403.45.