1. GRAS Lawn Maintenance is a lawn mowing firm. It contracts with home and business owners to mow their lawns according to a regular schedule. It has 5 crews consisting of 3 employees each. Crew members arrive at GRAS headquarters at 8:00 a.m. Monday - Friday. If it is raining that day, they are sent home. They are expected to work on weekends, with the same starting time, as the weather and workload dictates. They are given a list of lawns to mow in accordance with directions, at the beginning of the day. They drive company trucks and use only company equipment. You are the HR Director and are evaluating the following alternative policies.

• GRAS Proposed Policy One: GRAS lawn professionals are independent contractors. As a result, you will be paid by the job at the rate of 10% of the gross amount received by GRAS for each lawn mowed.
• GRAS Proposed Policy Two: GRAS lawn professionals are hourly employees who will be compensated at the rate of $15 per hour for all hours worked and $22.50 for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours during a workweek. In the event that that you arrive at work and, due to weather conditions, no mowing will occur on that day, you will be compensated at your hourly rate from the time of arrival until a determination that no work will be conducted that day is communicated to your by your supervisor.
• GRAS Proposed Policy Four: GRAS lawn professionals will be paid on the basis performance. Each lawn has been assigned a fair time duration which will be required for completion. You will be paid $10 per hour for the time that you spend at a job, not to exceed the assigned fair time value.