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Consider the following scenario. For a weekly pay period, you know the following information about the payroll at Fort Kent Industries.

Friday is a mandatory holiday.

$$ Chris receives an annual salary of $$89,760\mathrm{.}00$ based on a $36-$hour workweek comprised of four, nine$-$hour days. She has two hours of

overtime at time$-$and$-$a$-$half and did not work the mandatory holiday.

$$ Lawrence is paid $$35\mathrm{.}50$ per hour based on eight$-$hour days and a $40-$hour workweek. All premium wages are paid at regulatory

minimums. From Sunday to Saturday, he worked $8,0,8,8,8,3,$ and $8$ hours, respectively. He will not receive another day off in lieu

for the mandatory holiday.

$$ Greg receives a graduated commission of $2\mathrm{.}25\%$ on his first $$100,000$ in sales and $4\mathrm{.}15\%$ on anything higher. His sales during one

week were $$123,000.$ Ignore his holiday or mandatory earnings in your calculations.

$$ Gunnar is paid a straight piecework wage of $$2\mathrm{.}24$ per unit produced. He worked a total of $30$ hours during the week, producing one

unit every five minutes. Ignore his holiday or mandatory earnings in your calculations.

$$ The Maine state tax rate for all employees in this scenario is $5\mathrm{.}8\%.$

$$ Social Security tax rate is $6\mathrm{.}2\%$ for the employee, and $6\mathrm{.}2\%$ for the employer.

$$ The Medicare tax rate us $1\mathrm{.}45\%$ for the employee, and $1\mathrm{.}45\%$ for the employer.

$$ The Federal tax rate for all employees in this scenario is $22\%.$

For all employees combined, determine the:

$1.$ Total regular earnings

$2.$ Overtime earnings

$3.$ Holiday earnings,

$4.$ Holiday worked earnings that Fort Kent Industries must report on its weekly company payroll report.

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