PSc 2-1: Identify Pay Periods & Evaluate Workweeks

Examine each of the following independent circumstances and identify the type of pay period (weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly) being utilized. Then indicate whether the specified workweek is FLSA compliant or noncompliant.

1: Fredrick's Furniture's most recent pay period ended on Saturday, 9/15/2018, with paychecks printed and distributed one week later. The subsequent pay period ended on Sunday, 9/30/2018. The employer's two most recent work weeks (both of which began at 12:00 a.m. and ended at 11:59 p.m.) ran from Sunday, 9/16, through Saturday, 9/22, and Sunday, 9/23, through Sunday, 9/30. Type of Pay Period?

1. Weekly
2. Biweekly
3. Semimonthly
4. Monthly

Indicate whether the specified workweek is FLSA compliant or noncompliant.

1. Compliant
2. Noncompliant

2: Capital Tile recently changed its pay period such that it now runs from Friday through Thursday each week. The workweek also begins on Friday; however it starts at 8:00 a.m. and runs through the following Friday at 7:59 a.m. Type of Pay Period?

1. Weekly
2. Biweekly
3. Semimonthly
4. Monthly

Indicate whether the specified workweek is FLSA compliant or noncompliant.

1. Compliant
2. Noncompliant

3: Atlantic Mechanical compensates its employees 24 times each year. During the summer months, its workweek begins on Friday at 12:00 a.m. and runs through Thursday at 11:59 p.m. During all other months (September through May), its workweek begins on Monday at 12:00 a.m. and runs through Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Type of Pay Period?

1. Weekly
2. Biweekly
3. Semimonthly
4. Monthly

Indicate whether the specified workweek is FLSA compliant or noncompliant.

1. Compliant
2. Noncompliant