Ontario Politics - A ridiculous math question

[rocketer]

This is the new Ontario after bill 148.

What is the average wage rate on a statutory holiday of a person working for 10 companies at a wage rate of $50 per hour? The person would work Monday to Friday for eight hours at each company on a biweekly payroll calendar. They would work only 80 hours during the two weeks; 8 hours at each company.

 

[oldjones]

This is the new Ontario after bill 148.

What is the average wage rate on a statutory holiday of a person working for 10 companies at a wage rate of $50 per hour? The person would work Monday to Friday for eight hours at each company on a biweekly payroll calendar. They would work only 80 hours during the two weeks; 8 hours at each company.

Since you haven't mentioned any variations, their average rate on any given day is their contract rate: $50 per hour.

If you're meant to ask what to pay them for work on the holiday, I believe it's the same 1.5 times their rate as before Bill 148, so that would be $75.

 

[K Douglas]

I believe each company would be responsible for paying the worker $40 for the stat holiday. 16 hrs worked divided by 160 total hours in prior 2 bi weekly pay periods x $400 = $40. Am I wrong?

 

[JohnLarue]

I believe each company would be responsible for paying the worker $40 for the stat holiday. 16 hrs worked divided by 160 total hours in prior 2 bi weekly pay periods x $400 = $40. Am I wrong?

That sounds like it could be right
Perhaps the bigger question is why the government makes it so difficult for business to decipher?
The way it is written is convoluted opening the door for mis-inturpurtation , doubt and mistakes.
Worse it takes up managements time when improving productivity is soo critical to our economy

 

[guelph]

That sounds like it could be right
Perhaps the bigger question is why the government makes it so difficult for business to decipher?
The way it is written is convoluted opening the door for mis-inturpurtation , doubt and mistakes.
Worse it takes up managements time when improving productivity is soo critical to our economy

Because they need to get to details in place so the businesses can't avoid their obligations.

Any detail omitted and you have accountants and lawyers pouncing

 

[oldjones]

I believe each company would be responsible for paying the worker $40 for the stat holiday. 16 hrs worked divided by 160 total hours in prior 2 bi weekly pay periods x $400 = $40. Am I wrong?

In other words, each company pays their proportional amount of the total day's rate for the paid holiday. Which seems about as it should be.

Do you suppose that was what the OP was trying to ask?