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8.02 Overtime, bonuses and allowances

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A call centre worker is paid $\$20$$20 per hour for a normal $37$37-hour week, and time-and-a-half for each hour worked thereafter. Calculate his income for a week in which he works:

a

$27$27 hours

b

$45$45 hours

Easy
2min

Marge works for $20$20 hours each week at a part-time rate of $\$19$$19/hour and also does a $6$6-hour Sunday shift at time-and-a-half. What is her weekly wage?

Easy
1min

Han earns $\$18.00$$18.00 per hour from $9$9am-$5$5pm (business hours), and $\$27.00$$27.00 per hour outside business hours (assume Han has paid breaks). Calculate his income, to the nearest cent, for the shifts that he worked between the following times:

Easy
5min

For an hourly rate of $\$30$$30, calculate the income earned, to the nearest cent, for working the following hours:

Easy
4min
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find earnings, including salary, wages, overtime, piece-work and commission

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