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- May 2, 2017 at 9:35 pm #384636
Hello I know that overtime that has been specifcally requested by a client is regarded as a direct cost but in calculating the gross pay of an employee showing direct cost yes specifically requested over time will be included but I don’t understand y the overtime hours are included in the basic pay at the same time calculated separately as overtime premium to come up with total direct wages
May 3, 2017 at 6:46 am #384653For example: suppose the basic pay is $10 per hour, and for overtime they pay $13 per hour.
The direct cost is always the total hours worked at $10 per hour.
The extra $3 per hour is the overtime premium and the overtime hours at the extra $3 per hour are a direct cost if worked at the request of the client, and indirect otherwise.Have you watched the free lectures, because I show this in an example.
May 3, 2017 at 10:27 pm #384777The question was
Employee A is a carpenter and normally works 36 hours per week .The standard rate of pay is 3.6 dollars per hour.A premium of 50% of the basic hourly rate is paid for all over time hours worked.During the last week of October , Employee A worked for 42 hours .The overtime hours works for the following reasons :
machine breakdown 4 hours
to complete a special job at the request of a customer 2 hoursHow much of Employee As earnings for last week of October would have been treated as direct wages ??
solution
Basic pay (38hours x 3.6) = 136.80
Overtime premium (2 hours x 1.8) = 3.6
total = 140.40
my question is why did the add the 2 hours for overtime to the 36 hours for normal hours and then calculate overtime premium seperatly again …yes I know that since it was specifically requested but y then add the overtime ours to normal hours but still calculate overtime premium seperatlyMay 3, 2017 at 10:30 pm #384778I do try to watch the lecture videos but it seems network is bad here I hardly access the videos
May 4, 2017 at 6:47 am #384795The employee worked for 42 hours of which 36 hours were normal and 6 hours were overtime (4 hours because of machine breakdown and 2 hours at the request of the customer).
All the pay for the 4 hours of machine breakdown is an indirect costs.
All the pay for the other 38 hours is a direct cost (because the 2 hours overtime were at the request of the customer).
Of those 38 hours, 36 hours will be paid at the normal rate of $3.60 per hour.
The other 2 hours will be paid at the overtime rate which is $3.60 plus (50% x $3.60) = $5.40 per hour.So the total direct cost = (36 x $3.60) + (2 x $5.40) = $140.40
Hopefully this makes it clearer for you. (Obviously how you do the workings in the exam is irrelevant – it is the final answer that matters.)
May 4, 2017 at 1:43 pm #384840how u have worked it out is exactly how I understand it but in this case they multiplied 38 hours which is inclusive of the 2 over time hours by 3.6 its suppose to be 36 multiplied by 3.6 cud it be that it was an error or some times its done that way??
May 4, 2017 at 5:22 pm #384862But as I wrote – how you do the arithmetic is completely irrelevant.
Do it whichever way you find clearer.In the exam, all that will be marked is the final answer – nobody will look at your workings for Section A of the exam (and this would only ever be asked in Section A).
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