Note: In this chapter and in all succeeding work throughout the course, unless instructed otherwise, calculate hourly rates and overtime rates as follows:

1.	Carry the hourly rate and the overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimal places (round the hourly rate to 2 decimal places before multiplying by one and one-half to determine the over-time rate).
2.	If the third decimal place is 5 or more, round to the next higher cent.
3.	If the third decimal place is less than 5, simply drop the third decimal place.
	Examples:	Monthly rate $1,827 Weekly rate ($1,827 12)/52 = $421.615 rounded to $421.62 Hourly rate $421.62/40 = $10.540 rounded to $10.54 O.T. rate $10.54 1.5 = $15.81

Also, use the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 in solving these problems and all that follow.

Example 2-6

John Dilcher is paid an hourly rate of $18.50 per hour, and he worked 49 hours this week. His gross pay is:

40 hours $18.50	=	$740.00
9 hours $27.75 ($18.50 1.5)	=	249.75
Total gross pay	=	$989.75

The following time card shows the time worked one week by Ken Pace. The employer disregards any time before 8:00 A.M. or between 12:00 and 1:00 P.M. and after 5:00 P.M. Employees do not begin work until 8:00 A.M. or 1:00 P.M., and do not work beyond 5:00 P.M., unless they are asked to work overtime.

Hours worked beyond the regular 8-hour day and on Saturday are paid at one and one-half times the regular rate. Hours worked on Sunday are paid double the regular rate. Fractions of the hour for time worked are based on full quarter-hour increments.

No. Name

72 Ken Pace

(a)

Day

Morning

Afternoon

Overtime

Hours Worked

In

Out

In

Out

In

Out

M

7:50

12:00

12:50

5:01

T

7:56

12:01

12:49

5:02

5:30

7:31

W

7:59

12:02

12:58

5:03

T

7:45

12:00

12:55

5:00

5:29

8:02

F

8:01

12:01

1:00

5:01

6:00

7:30

S

7:48

12:02

S

2:00

6:03

Total Hours Worked

Remarks

Pace's regular wage rate is $13.66 per hour, and the regular workweek is 40 hours with five 8-hour days. Compute the following:

a. The hours worked each day. (Ignore the one-minute tardiness on Friday.) Enter any fraction of an hour as a decimal. For example 1 1/2 hours would be entered as 1.5.

Monday	hours
Tuesday	hours
Wednesday	hours
Thursday	hours
Friday	hours
Saturday	hours
Sunday	hours

b. The total hours worked hours

For (c)-(e), round overtime rate to two decimal places and round your answers to the nearest cent. Use the rounded amounts in subsequent computations.

c. The regular earnings $

d. The overtime earnings $

e. The total earnings $