Jamie works as a barista at coffee-ha-ha, a small chain ofthree coffee houses, in the main facility located in paradise, new jersey with 60 other employees. he has worked there full time for 18 months. his wife has called with some bad news. his mother was driving with jamie's 10-year-old daughter, delores, and has had an accident severely injuring both of them. jamie has asked his employer for leave under the family medical leave act. which of the following is true?

a. jamie is not entitled to the leave because the number of hours hehas worked during the preceding 12 months is less than what is required by law.
b. the provisions of this act apply only to females.
c. jamie is only entitled to the leave to take care of his daughter.
d. granting the leave is entirely at the discretion of the employer; the employer does not permit him the leave as it would hamper the functioning of coffee-ha-ha.
e. jamie is entitled to leave for taking care of his mother-in-law and daughter, regardless of his daughter‘s age.

Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

From a business perspective, an information system provides a solution to a problem or challenge facing a firm and represents a combination of management, organization, and technology elements. the organization's hierarchy, functional specialties, business processes, culture, and political interest groups are components of which element of information systems?

The martinez legal firm (mlf) recently acquired a smaller competitor, miller and associates, which specializes in issues not previously covered by mlf, such as land use and intellectual property cases. given the increase in the firm's size and complexity, it is likely that its internal transaction costs willa. decrease. b. increase. c. become external transaction costs. d. be eliminated.