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hello, can someone explain to me just how they arrived at the figure for the number of employees ? I couldn’t find the figure in the question but it was provided in the answer.
Thanks.
A business currently uses a piecework scheme to pay its direct labour. Employees are paid $3.50 per
unit for the first 50 units and $4.00 per unit for every unit above 50 produced in a week.
On average an employee produces 60 units in a 38 hour working week.
Management are considering changing to a per hour labour remuneration scheme, where employees
would be paid a basic wage of $5.00 per hour for a 36 hour working week with overtime paid at a
premium above basic wage of $2.40. There is not expected to be a change in the level of productivity.
What is the change in unit labour cost from the piecework system to the proposed hourly rate system?
The number of employees is not provided in the question, but I don’t think this information is needed:
Current average wage bill per employee = 3.5 x 50 + 4 x 10 = 215.
Average cost per unit = 215/60 = 3.5833.
Average cost per hour = 215/38 = 5.6579
New Average wage bill = 5 x 36 + 7.4 x 2 = 194.80
Average cost per unit = 194.8/60 = 3.2467
Average cost part hour = 194.8/38 = 5.1263
% decrease for both rates is 9.4%
Thanks you for the swift reply. I really appreciate.
