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accounting for labour costs

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  • This topic has 11 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • February 23, 2014 at 1:36 pm #159853
    megna11
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    A company operates a piecework system of remuneration, but also guarantees its employees a minimum wage of $10 per hour for an 8 hour day.

    The standard time allowed per unit for output is 4 minutes. Piecework is paid at the rate of $12 per hour.

    If an employee produces 150 units on a particular day, what will be their total pay for that day?

    February 23, 2014 at 1:39 pm #159855
    John Moffat
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    You do not say which part of the question is causing you a problem.

    If they produce 150 units, then the standard time is 150 x 4 / 60 hours. At the piecework rate these hours are paid at $12 per hour.

    However they are guaranteed a minimum wage of 8 x $10 = $80.

    So..they will be paid the piecework rate unless it comes to less than $80, in which case they will be paid $80.

    February 26, 2014 at 7:13 pm #160468
    uzma
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    so,the answer is 150 x 0.06 x 12 = 108, becoz ,108 is greater than 80

    February 26, 2014 at 7:31 pm #160477
    John Moffat
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    No!

    4/60 does not equal 0.6!!!

    150 x 4/60 x 12 = 120

    February 27, 2014 at 3:30 pm #160833
    uzma
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    thank u sir i got it !
    i have written f2 CBE 20 days before but i didn’t pass i got 44% and now iam preparing again, but bit afraid the structure has changed ,previously i saw in open tution there was new specimen exam questions abt section B ,now it is not there. plz suggest me sources for section B. … reading sceniaro calculating questions take much time… i dont know how iam going to do it.. plz update f2 pilot paper full exam and extra MTQ’s ..and give some tips for exam……………..

    February 27, 2014 at 3:36 pm #160834
    uzma
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    thank u sir i got it ! the calculation of 150x 4/60×12=120 is corrrect ,but 4/60 is 0.06 confused plz expain
    i have written f2 CBE 20 days before but i didn’t pass i got 44% and now iam preparing again, but bit afraid the structure has changed ,previously i saw in open tution there was new specimen exam questions abt section B ,now it is not there. plz suggest me sources for section B. … reading sceniaro calculating questions take much time… i dont know how iam going to do it.. plz update f2 pilot paper full exam and extra MTQ’s ..and give some tips for exam……………..

    February 27, 2014 at 4:42 pm #160839
    John Moffat
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    4/60 does not equal 0.6. It equals 0.06666 which makes a big difference.

    The structure of the exam has changed but the syllabus is the same.

    The ‘full exam and extra MTQ’s’ were on the ACCA’s website, but they have now been removed (so we can not update them!).

    However the CBE exam was exactly the same as the paper based specimen paper, and that is still there.
    If you need more practice on the multi-task section B questions then you should buy a new Revision Kit from one of the approved publishers.

    February 27, 2014 at 5:59 pm #160888
    uzma
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    thanks for ur suggestion i try my best to give this time

    February 27, 2014 at 6:06 pm #160891
    uzma
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    above answer abt 0.06666 is correct that makes really big difference …u were right

    February 27, 2014 at 6:44 pm #160928
    John Moffat
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    Great! :-))

    May 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm #249542
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    Good morning Mr Moffat,
    Can you please explain where the 60 hours come from?
    I am struggleling to understand this one.
    Thank you very much.

    May 27, 2015 at 3:36 pm #249590
    John Moffat
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    60 hours does not appear anywhere in either the question or my replies!!!

    You are confusing it with the fact that 4 minutes is equal to 4/60 hours.
    That is because there are 60 minutes in every hour.

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