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JacobCo is a small specialty machine shop that manufactures high-precision medical instruments. Each employee fills out a time card for each day they work and are paid weekly on the Wednesday of the week following the week they worked. The Bookkeeper of the business takes the time card sheets each employee turns in on Monday and enters them into a spreadsheet. The company employs 3 machinists. Below is the spreadsheet for the week beginning 4/10/23 and ending 4/16/23.

	4/10/2023	4/11/2023	4/12/2023	4/13/2023	4/14/2023	4/15/2023	4/16/2023
EMPLOYEE	MON	TUE	WED	THR	FRI	SAT	SUN
P. Navarra	8	8	8	12	8	8	4
S. Chong	12	10	8	8	8	4	0
R. Jones	8	8	10	8	8	2	0

The hourly pay rate for each of the employees is as follows:

EMPLOYEE	HOURLY RATE
P. Navarra	$20
S. Chong	$25
R. Jones	$30

P. Navarra is married.

Both S. Chong and R. Jones are single.

None of the employees have checked box 2 on their W4 or claimed any dependents or other adjustments. Overtime is paid at 1 times the straight time rate for hours over 8 in one day and for all hours worked on Saturday and 2 times the straight time rate and for all hours worked on Sunday.

1. Required:

Calculate the Gross Wages using the normal method of calculating overtime for each employee and complete the table below:

	4/10/2023	4/11/2023	4/12/2023	4/13/2023	4/14/2023	4/15/2023	4/16/2023	GROSS
EMPLOYEE	MON	TUE	WED	THR	FRI	SAT	SUN	WAGE
P. Navarra
S. Chong
R. Jones

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