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labour costs and remuneration methods

Rrajive11y ago
Employees are paid $7/hour for a standard 40 hour week. Overtime is paid at time and one half. The employee is expected to make at least 120 units in a week, and to encourage productivity, each unit in excess of 120 will generate an additional payment of $5 less any overtime premium that would relate to the time the additional unit would normally take. What is an employee’s wages in a week in which 135 units are made and the employee works 44 hours? Example 1 Note: each unit is expected to take 40 x 60/120 = 20 minutes $ Basic wages for 44 hours = 44 x $7 = 308.00 Overtime premium 4 x $7 x ½ = 14.00 Extra units 15 x $5 75.00 Overtime premium that could be associated with the extra units 15 x 1/3 x $7 x 1/2 -17.50 379.50 I still don't understand where the 1/3 came from. What was the calculation made that made them included 1/3?
SISir Insanity11y ago#1
Hey, That's simple. You multiply 15 (etc) with no. of hours per unit ie 20/60 = 1/3 hrs. Okay?
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