A two-week period yields 8 overtime hours. How many hours of pay does this translate to if applying the standard overtime rate of time-and-a-half?

A two-week period yields 8 overtime hours. How many hours of pay does this translate to if applying the standard overtime rate of time-and-a-half?

• A. 8 hours
• B. 12 hours
• C. 14 hours
• D. 16 hours

Answer: (B)

Time-and-a-half means you’re paid 1.5 times your regular rate for overtime. So 8 overtime hours translate to 8 × 1.5 = 12 hours of pay at the regular rate. For example, at $10/hour, those 8 overtime hours would be $120, which is the same as 12 regular hours of pay. The other options would correspond to different multipliers (8 × 1.0, 8 × 1.75, 8 × 2.0), but standard overtime is 1.5x.

Time-and-a-half means you’re paid 1.5 times your regular rate for overtime. So 8 overtime hours translate to 8 × 1.5 = 12 hours of pay at the regular rate. For example, at $10/hour, those 8 overtime hours would be $120, which is the same as 12 regular hours of pay. The other options would correspond to different multipliers (8 × 1.0, 8 × 1.75, 8 × 2.0), but standard overtime is 1.5x.