A construction laborer earns a regular rate of $28.00 per hour and works exactly 10 hours in one workday. What is the total gross pay for that day?
Explanation
Labor Code §510(a) pays the first 8 hours at straight time and hours 9 through 12 at one and one-half times: 8 x $28.00 = $224.00, plus 2 x $42.00 = $84.00, for $308.00. (a) is the day with no overtime at all, 10 x $28.00, which is what a flat-rate payroll produces. (b) applies the premium to the whole day, 10 x $42.00, the error of treating a long day as an overtime day. (c) pays hours 9 and 10 at double time, 8 x $28.00 plus 2 x $56.00 = $336.00; double time does not begin until after the twelfth hour, so it would be right only for a 13-hour day's final hour.
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