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Principle: A worker is entitled to overtime pay for hours worked beyond eight in a day, unless those extra hours were worked to make up time the worker had taken off earlier in the same week with the supervisor's leave. Which of the following workers is entitled to overtime pay under this principle?

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  • ADeepa worked ten hours on Thursday to make up the two hours she had taken off on the Tuesday of that week with her supervisor's leave
  • BSunil worked eleven hours on Friday to make up the three hours he had taken off on the Wednesday of that week, having obtained his supervisor's leave
  • CRakesh worked ten hours on Monday and had taken no time off at all that week
  • DAnita worked nine hours on Tuesday to make up the hour she had taken off on the Monday of that week with her supervisor's leave

Step-by-Step Solution

The entitlement is the rule and the making-up of approved absence is the only exception to it. Rakesh passed eight hours and had no absence to make up, so nothing removes his claim. Deepa, Sunil and Anita each worked their extra hours to cover time already taken off with leave in the same week, which is exactly the case the exception withholds pay for.
Answer: C) Rakesh worked ten hours on Monday and had taken no time off at all that week

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