Definition of 'carpetbagger'. carpetbagger (kÉËÊ³pÉªtbÃ¦gÉÊ³ ) If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
An employer only records and pays for time if employees work in full 15 minute increments. An employee paid $10 per hour is scheduled to work 8 hours a day Monday through Friday, for a total of 40 hours a week. The employee always clocks out 12 minutes after the end of her shift.
The terms salaried and hourly refer to how employees get paid. A salaried employee is paid based on an annual amount, called a salary. This salary is divided between the pay periods (as determined by the company) for the year, and based on a 2080-hour year.Some salaried employees are given an employment contract.xample: An hourly employee is paid $9.62 an hour. To find this employee's pay amount, the hourly rate is multiplied by the number of hours worked in a pay period. For calculation purposes, a salaried employee is determined to work 2080 hours a year (52 weeks times 40 hours a week).