You need to hire a part-time associate to work 30 hours a week in your store. You have $250 in labor budget for the new associate each week. You just interviewed an excellent candidate for the position who has requested to be paid $9.00 per hour. Your average part-time associate currently makes $8.26 per hour. How much additional labor budget per week would you need in order to hire the candidate you interviewed at the rate that has been requested?

Question

You need to hire a part-time associate to work 30 hours a week in your store. You have $250 in labor budget for the new associate each week. You just interviewed an excellent candidate for the position who has requested to be paid $9.00 per hour. Your average part-time associate currently makes $8.26 per hour. How much additional labor budget per week would you need in order to hire the candidate you interviewed at the rate that has been requested?

Answer 1

What is going to happen to the current "average" part-time associate ?

Is he/she going to get fired?
If he/she stays on, will he/she get the new rate ?

Currently 30 hrs a week at $8.26 is $247.80, so that is where the $250 comes in ??

The additional help needs 30($9) or $270.00

You figure out the details based on the above questions.