Ruben Trout. worked the following schedule: Monday, 8 hours, 24 minutes; Tuesday, 7 hours, 44 minutes; Wednesday

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Ruben Trout. worked the following schedule: Monday, 8 hours, 24 minutes; Tuesday, 7 hours, 44 minutes; Wednesday 9 hours, 8 minutes; Thursday, 8 hours, 2 minutes; Friday, 8 hours, 36 minutes. The employer pays overtime in accordance with FLSA regulations. Determine Ruben’s total time worked according to the (a) quarter-hour method and (b) the hundredth-hour method. Which is more favorable method for Ruben, quarter-hour or hundredth-hour?


Total time

Regular time

Overtime

Quarter hour pay

Hundredth-hour pay

Ruben Trout 

41.9 hours

40 hours

2 hours on quarter-hour 

1.9 hours on hundredth-hour

42 hours

41.9 hours


Which pay is more favorable for Ruben?

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Payroll Accounting 2019

ISBN: 978-1259917073

5th edition

Authors: Jeanette Landin, Paulette Schirmer

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