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The FLSA provides for the payment of “double time” for any hours worked on holidays.

Those records that are required by the various payroll laws must generally be kept on file for only the current year.

Part-time employees pay a FICA tax at half the tax rate of full-time employees.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects virtually all workers, but only to the age of 70.

Carry each hourly rate and each overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimal places. Susan Cejka receives an hourly wage of $11.25 for a 40-hour week of 5 days, 8 hours daily. For Saturday work, she is paid 1½ times the regular rate. For Sunday work, she is paid 2 times the regular rate. One week, she worked 50 hours—4 hours of which were on Saturday and 6 hours on Sunday. Her total earnings for the week are $__________.

Carry each hourly rate  to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimal places. Charles Rollins earns $2,400 each month and works 35 hours each week. His hourly rate is $__________

¿Qué haremos?Emiliano and Julián graduate in a few weeks and are discussing their plans for the future. Complete their conversation by filling the blank with the correct future tenseform of the logical verb from the word bank.  Use each verb once, except one. Note:  The paragraphs repeat on the quiz, but each quiz question is different and appears out of order. The answer you type is intended to complete the clause with the highlighted number. á  é  í  ó  ú  ñ dar encontrar tener viajar buscar hacer Emiliano: Hola, amigo. ¿Cómo estás? ¿Qué hay de nuevo? Julián: Pues, nada… estoy pensando en lo qué quiero hacer después de graduarme de la universidad.  Emiliano: Yo tampoco sé muy bien qué (1) en el futuro. Quizás (2) a Los Ángeles para visitar a la familia de mi madre por unas semanas. ¿Planeas ir a algún lugar nuevo? Julián: Hombre, no (3) [BLANK-1] dinero para viajar.  Creo que (5) un trabajo cerca de la casa de mis padres. No quiero tener que vivir con ellos, pero sé que ellos no me (6) el dinero para vivir aquí en la ciudad. Emiliano: Buena suerte. Ah, debo irme; después hablamos.

Si tuviéramos un millón de dólares…You and your best friends are updating your social media status with statements about what you would do with a million dollars. Complete them by filling in the blanks with the correct conditional tenseform of the logical verb in parentheses. á  é  í  ó  ú  ñ  4. Nosotros lo [BLANK-1] (salir / pasar) muy bien.

B. Wie finden Sie das? How do you like the clothing the two people are wearing above? Choose three of the items in your list of nouns to describe. Use any of these verbs:  Beispiel: Ihr gigantischer Hut gefällt mir nicht. Ihr lila Rock gefällt mir.  gefallen passen stehen

IV. Schreiben Geschenke für alle. Sie haben bei einem Preisausschreiben (lottery) einen Einkaufsbummel in einem Kaufhaus gewonnen. Weil Sie ein netter Mensch sind, möchten Sie allen Ihren Freunden und Familienmitgliedern etwas kaufen. Natürlich kaufen Sie auch ein paar Dinge (a few things) für sich selbst. Beschreiben Sie in einem kurzen Blog (50–60 Wörter), was Sie kaufen und für wen Sie das kaufen. Use the following verbs: kaufengefallen gebenschenken and be mindful of accusative case for what you buy and dative case for who you give the items to.