Answer:
The wage per hour must be paid in the second year is $11.021 per hour.
Explanation:
Please find the below for detailed explanations and calculations:
We have the real wage stipulated in the contract must be grown at 3% in second year in comparison to first year.
Thus, the nominal pay rise must grow at the higher rate than 3%, in the way that it may cover the effect from inflation to ensure real rise is 3% as agreed in the labor contract.
As a result: Nominal increase (%) = (1+ real increase rate) x CPI of second year in comparison to first year - 1 = (1+3%) x 1.07 -1 = 10.21%.
=> Wage per hour must be paid in the second year = Wage per hour in first year x ( 1 + Nominal increase) = 10 x (1 + 0.1021) = $11.021.
