Hello.

I need your help.

my answer was a. $290. b. 130

but it said incorrect.

Example 2-1

James Rudolph, a waiter, earns a weekly wage of $100.00 for a 40-hour workweek and receives tips of $100.00 each week. Even though the hourly rate paid to Rudolph ($100.00 40 hours = $2.50) exceeds the minimum wage rate of $2.13, the employer must pay Rudolph an extra $90.00 so that the tips received plus the wages paid equal the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

$7.25 40 =	$290.00
Weekly wage	(100.00)*
Tips received	(100.00)
Extra weekly pay	$90.00

*$100.00 + $90.00 = $190.00; $190.00 40 hours = $4.75/hour

Ben Lieber is a waiter at Harbor House, where he receives a weekly wage of $80 plus tips for a 40-hour workweek. Lieber's weekly tips usually range from $280 to $400.

Round your answers to the nearest cent.

a. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the minimum amount of wages that Lieber must receive for a 40-hour workweek is $

b. Since Harbor House is in violation of the FLSA, the additional amount it should pay Lieber each week to meet the minimum wage requirement for a tipped employee is $

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a.A tip (to ensure promptness) is a gift or gratuity given by a customer in recognition of some service performed for him or her. An employer may consider, within prescribed limits, the tips received by a tipped employee as part of the employees wages. b.The Small Business Job Protection Act froze the minimum cash wage required for tipped employees. Tips received by the employee are credited toward the remainder of the total minimum wage. If tips received do not amount to at least reminder amount per hour, the employer must increase the hourly rate of pay so that the hourly wage plus the equivalent hourly rate of tips received equal minimum wage.