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Accounting for labour

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  • January 18, 2022 at 6:19 pm #646958
    sarbrina
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    Hi Mr. John

    Can you please explain how to solve this question. My answer is 560, but its not even an option.

    Q.) In a manufacturing company, skilled workers are paid $10 per hour.

    In a particular week, the direct skilled workers have worked 20 hours overtime, 12 hours worked on specific orders whereas the other 8 hours worked on general duties.

    Overtime is paid at a rate of time and a quarter.

    What would be the total overtime pay which will be considered a direct cost?

    January 19, 2022 at 8:48 am #646999
    John Moffat
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    The normal pay ($10 per hour) for direct workers is a direct cost for all the hours they work and so for the 20 overtime hours is 20 x $10 = $200.

    As far as the overtime premium is concerned ($2.50 per hour) then it is only a direct cost if it is for hours worked on specific orders at the customers request (as explained in our free notes and lectures). So the direct cost is 12 x $2.50 = $30.

    Therefore the total amount paid for overtime work that is regarded as a direct cost his 200 + 30 = $230.

    (The overtime premium for the other 8 hours of overtime (8 x $2.50 = $20) is an indirect cost).

    I don’t know how you managed to arrive at $560 because in total they worked 20 hours of overtime and the total paid for the overtime is 20 hours x $12.50 = $250. $230 of this is a direct cost and $20 is an indirect cost.

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