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A company employs 100 direct workers in the factory, who are paid a basic rate of $5 per hour for a 35 hour week. In addition to working their normal hours last month, each worker was asked to work an additional 5 hours overtime per week to meet general production requirements. All overtime hours are paid at time and a half. As a result of some faulty material, 150 hours of direct labour time were registered as idle. What is the indirect labour cost for last month, assuming a 4 week period? *
A $750
B $2,000
C $5,750
D $15,750
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As I explain in my free lectures on accounting for labour, for direct factory workers the indirect costs are any general overtime premiums (here $2.50 per hour of overtime) and any idle time.