Labour

Last month an organisation’s direct workers were paid $40,000 for normal working. In addition they were paid a
total of $12,000 for overtime working. Overtime hours which were required due to a general shortage of labour were
paid at time and a half.
What was the total direct labour cost for last month?

Sir
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My question is
Does $40000 includes $8000 which we paid to employee during general shortage or not ..