A garden centre has 24 vacancies for assistants during its busiest season. Most assistants are required to work on Saturdays and Sundays. The garden centre has enough money to introduce only one of the following options.
| Option | Details |
|---|---|
| A | Increase the hourly wage from £11.50 to £13.00, at an additional cost of £1,440 each week |
| B | Guarantee each assistant two weekends off every four weeks, which may leave fewer assistants working during the garden centre’s busiest periods |
The garden centre asked 20 local applicants why they had declined an assistant job.
| Main reason given | Number of applicants |
|---|---|
| Required to work most weekends | 12 |
| Pay was lower than for other local jobs | 8 |
Using the information provided, explain one advantage and one disadvantage to the garden centre of choosing option A.
80 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 2.7 The labour market, covering 2.7.1 Role and operation of the labour market, 2.7.2 Determination of wages, 2.7.3 Explain gross and net pay, and 2.7.4 Calculate gross and net pay. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.