More on gross wages and various conditions for calculating overtime wages.

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3. You work full time in a clothing store. These are the hours you worked this
week: M–7, T–7, W–8, Th–8, F–8, S–4. The regular work week is 35 hours
and time and a half is given for anything over the 7 hours on any given day.
How much will your gross pay be if you make $8.50 per hour?

4. May B. Dunn works the following hours during her company's busy season.
Compute what May B. Dunn's gross pay would be if
her company paid employees as outlined in each case.
Employee Hours Worked Rate
MTW T F S S
May B. Dunn 9 8 8½ 7¾ 10 4 4 $9.80
Case 1: She is paid her regular hourly rate of 40 hours a week and time and a
half for all hours over 40 in that week.
Case 2: She is paid her regular hourly rate for all hours worked from
Monday to Friday with time and a half paid for Saturday hours and double
time for Sunday hours.
Case 3: She is paid her regular hourly rate for all hours worked.
Case 4: She is paid her regular hourly rate for an eight-hour day with time
and a half paid for all hours over eight in one day. Saturday and Sunday
hours are paid at double time.

5. May B. Dunn works the following hours during her company's busy season.
Compute what May B. Dunn's gross pay would be if her company paid
employees as outlined in each case.
Employee Hours Worked Rate
MTW T F S S
May B. Dunn 9 8 8½ 7¾ 10 4 4 $9.80
Case 1: She is paid her regular hourly rate of 40 hours a week and time and a
half for all hours over 40 in that week.