Lemon Grass Café has five full-time cooks on duty in the kitchen daily, seven days each week. To cover these 35 shifts (5 shifts x 7 days), Chef Ramsey employs seven full time cooks, each of whom work five shifts.   Other information are:                        Wages per hour is RM12.00 Employee benefits is additional 22% Suppose Chef Ramsey decides to cover some of the shifts with part-time cook at RM8.00 per hour with a part time benefit of 10 %. He maintain four fulltime cooks, for 20 shifts and 15 shifts with part-time; (each shift 8 hrs but pays only for 7hrs-rest hour are not paid) calculate the actual cost and the new cost.

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Lemon Grass Café has five full-time cooks on duty in the kitchen daily, seven days each week. To cover these 35 shifts (5 shifts x 7 days), Chef Ramsey employs seven full time cooks, each of whom work five shifts.

 

Other information are:                       

Wages per hour is RM12.00

Employee benefits is additional 22%

Suppose Chef Ramsey decides to cover some of the shifts with part-time cook at RM8.00 per hour with a part time benefit of 10 %. He maintain four fulltime cooks, for 20 shifts and 15 shifts with part-time; (each shift 8 hrs but pays only for 7hrs-rest hour are not paid) calculate the actual cost and the new cost.

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