Exam 3: Gross Pay Computation

Bruce is a nonexempt employee at Grissom Industries, where he works in both the manufacturing and design departments. He is married with three withholding allowances and is paid biweekly. He earns $25 per hour in the manufacturing department and $31.50 per hour in the design Department. During the most recent biweekly pay period, he worked a total of 92 hours, 20 of which were in the design department. All Overtime was in the manufacturing department. What is his gross pay? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal Places.)

Huynh is a piece rate worker who creates custom molds for a plastics manufacturer. During a 40-hour workweek, he created 22 molds at a piece rate of $38.25 per mold. His hourly rate during the workweek is ________. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 Decimal places.)

Aimee is a salaried nonexempt employee who earns an annual salary of $52,500 for a 38-hour workweek, paid biweekly. The employer pays overtime for any hours worked in excess of 38 per week. During a pay period, she worked 86 hours. She has requested that she take Compensatory time in lieu of paid overtime. How much compensatory time should she receive, assuming that her firm approves the Compensatory time?

Diane is a salaried, nonexempt worker with a standard workweek of 40 hours. During the last weekly pay period, she earned $148.24 in overtime pay for 5 hours overtime. What is her annual salary? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole Dollar.)

Martha is a regional supervisor who earns a base salary of $35,000 per year plus a 1% commission on all service contracts that she sells to existing customers. The company pays salaries on a semimonthly basis and contract commissions on a quarterly basis. As of September 30, Martha had made $35,950 in contract sales for the third quarter. What will be her gross pay on her next pay date? (Do not round intermediate Calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Cole is a minimum wage employee in Santa Fe, NM, where the minimum wage is $11.80 per hour. His employer claims that since the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, Cole should only receive the federal amount. What is the correct answer in this situation?

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the payroll register?

Which of the following items would not appear as a column on a payroll register?

Brandie is an hourly worker whose employer uses the hundredth-hour method. During a one-week period, she worked the following hours: Day In Out In Out Monday 8:03 12:00 1:03 5:04 Tuesday 7:57 11:45 12:42 4:56 Wednesday 8:08 12:15 1:20 5:03 Thursday 8:02 12:28 1:25 4:58 Friday 7:52 12:05 12:58 5:12 Using the hundredth-hour method, how many hours did week she work that week? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer To 2 decimal places.)

Thaddeus is a salaried exempt worker who earns $57,500 per year for a 45-hour workweek. During a biweekly pay period, he worked 105 hours. What is his gross pay?

Which of the following is true about salaried employees? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong Answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

A firm is always exempt from FLSA provisions if it has fewer than 5 employees.

To compute the hourly rate for an employee with a 40-hour standard workweek, you would divide the annual salary by 2,080.

Clark is a piece rate worker who earns $8.25 per completed unit. During a 40-hour workweek, Clark completed 57 units. What is Clark's hourly rate?

________ are always exempt from FLSA provisions.

According to the FLSA, when must overtime be paid to nonexempt employees?

Andre works for a bakery as a cake decorator and receives a base annual salary of $30,000 (paid weekly) as well as piece-rate pay of 25% of the retail price for any wedding cake that he decorates. His piece-rate earnings are totaled on a monthly basis and are paid on the first pay date Of the following month. During the month of June, he decorated eight wedding cakes with a total retail value of $2,650. What is Andre's gross Pay for the first week in July? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Joanna, a salaried nonexempt employee, earns a salary of $38,950 for a standard 37.5-hour workweek and is paid weekly. During a weekly period, she worked 6 hours of overtime. Her gross pay for the week would be________. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your Answer to 2 decimal places.)

Alex is a salesperson who receives an annual salary of $18,000 paid semimonthly plus commissions of 5% of the retail price of each unit he sells which is paid on the final pay date of the month. During his first month of employment, he sold four units for a total of $1,000 and requested a 5% draw against his $15,000 monthly minimum sales, in accordance with his employment agreement. How much should Alex receive in his Gross pay for the end of his first month?

Phillippe is an inside salesperson who earns a base annual salary of $24,000 plus a 5% commission on total sales that he makes during the pay period. During a semimonthly period, he made $27,500 in sales. What is Phillippe's gross pay for the period? (Do not round intermediate Calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)