=+2-48 KK Labour cost, overtime and idle time OBJECTIVE 7 Len Jacobs is a line worker in the Assembly Department of Maxx Manufacturing. He normally earns $18 per hour, but gets time and a half ($27 per hour) for overtime, over 40 hours per week. He earns double time if he works holidays even if he has not worked 40 hours that week.

Sometimes the assembly line equipment goes down and Len has to wait for the mechanics to repair the equipment or there is a scheduling mix-up. Len is paid for this time and Maxx considers this idle time.

In January, Len worked two 42-hour weeks, one 43-hour week and the last week he worked 40 hours, but one of those days was