Option A Retaining accountancy staff in-house, but operating with the reduced workforce Staff members who resign leading up to MEXIT are not to be replaced, and the company will continue to operate the accountancy function in-house with a reduced staff level. Your salary will remain at $70,000 as you were recently appointed. The retained accounting staff post-restructure, will be paid at 10% more than their current salaries. To manage their additional responsibilities and to adopt new working practices, but an additional 25% will be added to the total payroll costs (after pay rises) of the remaining accountancy department staff, due to the need for increased overtime and the costs of hiring temporary workers to cover peak times. Note: The remaining staff left under the restructure Option, after the earlier redundancies, will be as follows: Head of accounting (unchanged salary) + 2 Fully Qualified (FQ) Accountants + 3 Part Qualified (PQ) Accountants + 4 Accounting Technicians