Question

He works as a landscape gardener and is paid $18.25 per hour for a standard

38-hour week. He gets time and a half on evenings and Saturdays, and double time on Sundays.
Weekday hours 38
Evening/Saturday 9.5
Sunday 5.5


a​Calculate Harry’s total wage for the following week.

Jessica works in a clothing shop. On a normal day she works for 7 hours and is paid $15.85 per hour. She gets time and a half for the first 3 hours of overtime she works each day, and after that she is paid double time. She earns double time and a half on public holidays.
Day​
Monday6 (public holiday)
Tuesday 7
Wednesday 7
Thursday 9
Friday 0
Saturday 4.5


b​Calculate Jessica’s total wage for the following week.

Staff at a restaurant are paid $7.21 per hour for working until 7pm on Monday to Friday, and paid time and a half after 7pm. They also get time and a half on Saturdays and double time on Sundays. The staff are also given an unpaid 30-minute meal break for any shift that is longer than 5 hours.
​Ava’s shifts for the week are shown in this table:
Day
Tuesday4.30pm – 7.00pm
Wednesday4.30pm – 7.30pm
Thursday 5pm – 10pm
Friday 5pm – 8pm
Saturday 10am – 6.30pm
Sunday 10am – 1.30pm






c​How much will Ava earn this week?

d​The company signs a new workplace deal that removes all overtime. Instead, all staff receive $8.15 per hour. Under this new deal, how much will Ava earn for the week? Will she be better or worse off than under the old rate?

Answer 1

a. Harry's total wage for the week is $18.25 x 38 hours + ($18.25 x 1.5) x 9.5 hours + ($18.25 x 2) x 5.5 hours = $691.63.

b. For Monday, Jessica will earn $15.85 x 2.5 x 2.5 = $99.06. For Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, she will earn $15.85 x 7 hours = $110.95 per day. For Friday, she will earn $0. For Saturday, she will earn $15.85 x 1.5 x 1.5 + $15.85 x 1.5 x 2 = $71.33. Jessica's total wage for the week is $99.06 + $110.95 x 3 + $71.33 = $503.24.

c. Ava will earn $7.21 x 2.5 hours + $7.21 x 1.5 hours + $7.21 x 5 hours + $7.21 x 1 hour + $7.21 x 8.5 hours + $7.21 x 2.5 hours = $143.08.

d. Under the new rate, Ava will earn $8.15 x 2.5 hours + $8.15 x 2.5 hours + $8.15 x 5 hours + $8.15 x 1 hour + $8.15 x 8.5 hours + $8.15 x 2.5 hours = $142.98. Ava will be slightly worse off under the new rate.