The employees who work for you in your Ohio facility earn $12.00 per hour. The work schedule for all hourly nonexempt employees is three 12 hour shifts one week (36 hours total), 2 days off and then 4 twelve hour shifts (48 hours total) the next week. 10 nonexempt employees work for you. If all 10 of your employees work their scheduled hours, what's the total gross payroll for a two week period? How did you calculate? (Show your work)
If the facility was in California, and the work schedule, pay rate, and number of employees is the same as described above for the Ohio facility, what would be the total gross payroll for the two week period? How did you calculate the California payroll? (Show your work)
Would you staff or schedule the California facility differently than the Ohio facility? Explain your reasoning.
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