Question & Answer: C Company, office workers who are tardy are "docked" according to the schedule below:…..

Cost” of tardiness

Under the decimal system of computing time work at ABC Company, office workers who are tardy are “docked” according to the schedule below:

Minutes Late in Ringing In	Fractional Hour Deducted
1 through 6	1/10
7 through 12	2/10
13 through 18	3/10
19 through 24	4/10
etc.

The regular hours of work, Monday through Friday, are from 7:30 to 11:30am and from 12:30 to 4:30pm. During one week, James Johnson, who earns $12.95 an hour, reports in and checks out as shown below. Employees are not paid for ringing in a few minutes before 7:30 and 12:30 nor for ringing out a few minutes after 11:30 and 4:30.

Day	Morning		Afternoon
	In	Out	In	Out
M	7:28	11:31	12:50	4:31
T	7:35	11:30	12:30	4:30
W	7:44	11:33	12:27	4:32
R	7:27	11:31	12:32	4:33
F	7:34	11:32	12:40	4:30

Refer to the partial time card and compute:

a) The hours worked each day:

b) The total hours worked:

c) The gross earnings for the week:

Expert Answer

a)	Total hours worked each day:
	Monday:
	There is a delay of 20 minutes in ringing in
	Hours to be deducted=4/10 hours=0.40 hours
	Hours worked=8 hours-0.40 hours=7.60 hours
	Tuesday:
	There is a delay of 5 minutes in ringing in
	Hours to be deducted=1/10 hours=0.10 hours
	Hours worked=8 hours-0.10 hours=7.9 hours
	Wednesday:
	There is a delay of 14 minutes in ringing in
	Hours to be deducted=3/10 hours=0.30 hours
	Hours worked=8 hours-0.30 hours=7.70 hours
	Thursday:
	There is a delay of 2 minutes in ringing in
	Hours to be deducted=1/10 hours=0.10 hours
	Hours worked=8 hours-0.10 hours=7.9 hours
	Friday:
	There is a delay of 14(4+10) minutes in ringing in
	Hours to be deducted=3/10 hours=0.30 hours
	Hours worked=8 hours-0.30 hours=7.70 hours

b)	Day	Hours worked
	M	7.6
	T	7.9
	W	7.7
	R	7.9
	F	7.7
		38.8
	Total hours worked=38.8 hours

c)	Gross earnings=Total hours workedHourly rate=38.8$12.95=502.46

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