at follow Paying Less Than the Minimum Wage Under certain conditions, wages lower than the minimum wage may be paid to some employees. 1. Tipped employees. 2. A training wage allows employers to pay $4.25 per hour to newly hired employees under 20 years of age (opportunity wage). This only applies to the first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment. 3. Retail or service establishments and farms may employ full-time students at 85 percent of the minimum wage (56.1625 per hour, government rounds to $6.17 in favor of the employee). 4. Institutions of higher education may employ their own full-time students at 85 percent of the minimum wage. 5. Student learners may be employed at 75 percent of the minimum wage if they are participating in a bona fide vocational training program conducted by an accredited school ($5.44 per hour). 6. Firms whose principal business is the delivery of letters and messages may employ messengers at not less than 95 percent of the minimum wage. 7. Persons whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury may be employed at special minimum wage rates. However, a certificate authorizing employment at such rates must first be obtained. Carson Beck has worked for 4 months at the local Worst Buy Shop. As a full-time student at the local university, he is being paid an hourly rate of $4.85 an hour. One week, Beck worked 39 hours. Round your answers to the nearest cent. a. Beck's earnings for the week are b. Is the hourly rate in violation of the FLSA? c. If the hourly rate is in violation of the FLSA, what is the amount the shop should pay Beck for the week? When computing the per hour rate, use the government's rounding rule in your calculation