A mason works 6 days in a week and every day he works 11hrs. A base wage of OMR 18.25per hour is paid for all straight time work 5 days in a week and each day 8 hours. An overtime rate of one time and one half is paid for all hours over 8 hours per day, Sunday through Thursday, and double time is paid for all Saturday work. The social security tax is 6.65% and the unemployment tax is 3.5% of actual wages. The rate for worker's compensation insurance is OMR14.5 per OMR100 of base wage. Calculate the average hourly cost to hire the mason
A mason works 6 days in a week and every day he works 11hrs. A base wage of OMR 18.25per hour is paid for all straight time work 5 days in a week and each day 8 hours. An overtime rate of one time and one half is paid for all hours over 8 hours per day, Sunday through Thursday, and double time is paid for all Saturday work. The social security tax is 6.65% and the unemployment tax is 3.5% of actual wages. The rate for worker's compensation insurance is OMR14.5 per OMR100 of base wage. Calculate the average hourly cost to hire the mason
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![A mason works 6 days in a week and every day he works 11hrs. A base wage of OMR 18.25per hour is paid for all straight time work 5 days in a week
and each day 8 hours. An overtime rate of one time and one half is paid for all hours over 8 hours per day, Sunday through Thursday, and double
time is paid for all Saturday work. The social security tax is 6.65% and the unemployment tax is 3.5% of actual wages. The rate for worker's
compensation insurance is OMR14.5 per OMR100 of base wage. Calculate the average hourly cost to hire the mason](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7e7c9385-7de0-424c-b3a9-911f9cdb5899%2F82cc368f-d847-48d6-ab96-ef3d91c9f1de%2F0tzvxut_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A mason works 6 days in a week and every day he works 11hrs. A base wage of OMR 18.25per hour is paid for all straight time work 5 days in a week
and each day 8 hours. An overtime rate of one time and one half is paid for all hours over 8 hours per day, Sunday through Thursday, and double
time is paid for all Saturday work. The social security tax is 6.65% and the unemployment tax is 3.5% of actual wages. The rate for worker's
compensation insurance is OMR14.5 per OMR100 of base wage. Calculate the average hourly cost to hire the mason
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