Chapter 5, Problem 4DQ

Cecil is a waiter who regularly receives $90 each week in tips and works 40 hours each week. Cecil's employer claims the maximum weekly tip credit that is allowed in this case. The gross weekly pay, excluding tips, that the restaurant should pay Cecil without violating the FLSA is

Frannie, a bartender paid on a weekly basis, earns $11.50 per hour, is paid 1.5 times the regular rate for all hours worked in excess of 40, and reports her tips to her employer each week but keeps her tips. This week Frannie worked 44 hours and earned $754 in tips. The employer does not take a tip credit. What is Frannie's social security tax withholding this week? Assume her wages have not met the social security wage limit.

Alex Oberstar, a cook in the Lagomarsino Company cafeteria, is furnished two meals each day during his eight-hour shift. Oberstar’s duties require him to have his meals on the company’s premises. Should the cash value of Oberstar’s meals be included as part of his taxable wages? Explain.