Hemal Thomas is an employee in British Columbia. The net pay calculation is for the first bi$-$weekly pay of $2024.$ The employee is $32$ years old and is entitled to $70$ hours regular pay at $$20/$hour$,3$ hours of over$-$time at time$-$and$-$a$-$half, and a $$100$ safety shoe allowance for this pay period. The employee also receives a monthly car allowance of $$200$ and the employer pays group life insurance of $$35$ a month. Vacation at $6\%$ is accrued. The employee contributes $$20$ per pay to the United Way, $$20$ per month to the company social club, and $$15$ per pay for union dues. The employee$$s TD$1$ federal and provincial are code $2.$

$1.$ The gross earnings for the pay period are: $($LO$1,2,3)$ a$)$ $$1,400\mathrm{.}00$ b$)$ $$1,490\mathrm{.}00$ c$)$ $$1,582\mathrm{.}31$ d$)$ $$1,682\mathrm{.}31$