Section 3 - PAYING EMPLOYEES UNDER FEDERAL LAW

For all exercises, assume that the year is 2021 unless otherwise stated.

1. MadCos policy is to deduct 1 hour of pay when an employee punches in 5 or more minutes late. One week in April, employee Bob, who is paid $7.25 an hour, punches in 5 minutes late one day and 10 minutes late another but is on time the other 3 days. Bob works 40 hours that week and MadCo docks him 3 hours pay. How much must MadCo pay Bob for the week?

2. For each of the following, give the number of hours the employee must receive straight pay and overtime pay for the week and total pay for the week.

a. On Monday and Thursday, Plumbing Inc. employee Ramon drives home in the company van so that he can respond to emergency calls. He works 46 hours for the workweek, including 4 hours travel from his home to emergency calls.

b. Graces 40-hour workweek is MF. On Sunday, she eats a bad clam, so she stays home Monday and works a half-day on Tuesday, for which she is paid 12 hours sick leave. On Friday, she works an extra 3 hours.

c. One Friday, Harold, who normally works a 40-hour, MF week, leaves early to pick up his daughter, having worked 37 hours for the week. The following week he works 43 hours.

3. Compute gross wages due each employee under federal wage-hour law:

a. Ryan is normally paid $1,000 for a 40-hour workweek. One week, he works 46 hours.

b. Derrick is normally paid $414 for a 36-hour workweek. One week, he works 40 hours.

c. Lisa is normally paid $900 for a 30-hour workweek. One week, she works 40 hours.

4. Compute gross wages due each employee under federal wage-hour law:

a. Latisha is normally paid $1,200 for a 40-hour workweek. One Monday she is out sick but receives 8 hours sick pay. She then works 40 hours TuesdayFriday.

b. Al is normally paid $500 for a 40-hour workweek. One week, he works 45 hours.

c. Lee is normally paid $1,500 for a 40-hour workweek. To make up for leaving early one Friday, he works 44 hours this week.