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Labour Cost
Class practice question
1 Employee A is a carpenter and normally works 36 hours per week. The standard rate of pay is $3.60
per hour. A premium of 50% of the basic hourly rate is paid for all overtime hours worked. During the
last week of October, Employee A worked for 42 hours.
How much of Employee A's earnings for the last week of October would have been treated as labour cost?
$
2 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
additional 5 hours overtime per week to meet general production requirements. All overtime hours are paid
at time and a half.
Calculate labour cost for the week.
$
3 A company pays its employees using a piecework scheme. The rates are as follows:
0100 units per week $4 per unit
101150 units per week $4.50 per
unit 151200 units per week $5 per unit
201 + units per week $5.50 per unit
If an employee produces 163 units in week 48, what would their pay be for that week?
$
4 Mary assembles 227 mobile phones in a production period. Wages are calculated on a piecework basis
at the following rates. What is Mary’s wage for the period?
0100 $5 per unit
101150 $6 per unit
151200 $7 per unit
201 + $8 per unit
A 1,366
B 1,435
C 1,476
D 1,816
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5 An employee is paid according the following differential piecework scheme,
Weekly output Rate of pay per unit
Units $
1–25 2.30
26–40 2.40
41 and above 2.60
He receives a guaranteed weekly wage of $420. In a week when he produces 28 units, his gross wage will
be
$
6 An employee is paid on a piecework basis. The basis of the piecework scheme is as follows:
1 to 100 units – $0.20 per unit
101 to 200 units – $0.30 per
unit 201 to 299 units – $0.40
per unit
Rejected units do not qualify for payment. During a particular day the employee produced 210 units of
which 17 were rejected as faulty.
What did the employee earn for their day's work? A
$47.90
B $54.00
C $57.90
D $63.00
7 A jobbing company operates a premium bonus scheme for its employees of 75% of the time saved
compared with the standard time allowance for a job, at the normal hourly rate. The data relating to Job
1206 completed by an employee is as follows:
Allowed time for Job 1206 4 hours
Time taken to complete Job 1206 3 hours
Normal hourly rate of pay £8
What is the total pay of the employee for Job 1206? A
£24
B £30
C £32
D £38
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8 The following data relate to work in the finishing department of a certain factory.
Normal working hours per day
7 Basic rate per hour $5
Standard time allowed to produce a unit 4 minutes
Premium bonus payable at the basic rate 60% of time saved
On a particular day one employee finishes 180 units. His gross pay for the day will be A
$35
B $50
C $56
D $60
9 A company employs 20 direct production operatives and 10 indirect staff in its manufacturing
department. The normal operating hours for all employees is 38 hours per week and all staff are paid a
basic rate of $5 per hour. Overtime hours are paid at a basic rate plus 50%. During a week all employees
worked for 44 hours to meet the company’s general production requirements.
What amount should be charged as direct labour cost?
$
What amount should be charged as overhead?
$
10 Which of the following should be classified as direct labour? A
The site foreman of a building company
B Workers assembling components on a production line
C The store man handling parts requisitions in a factory.
11 Employee A is a carpenter and normally works 36 hours per week. The standard rate of pay is
$3.60 per hour. A premium of 50% of the basic hourly rate is paid for all overtime hours worked. During the
last week of October, Employee A worked for 42 hours. The overtime hours worked were for the following
reasons:
Machine breakdown: 4 hours
To complete a special job at the request of a customer: 2 hours
Calculate direct labour cost.
$
Calculate indirect labour cost.
$
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12 Job 198 requires 380 active labour hours to complete. It is expected that there will be five per cent idle
time.
The wage rate is $6 per hour. The labour cost of Job 198 is:
A $2,166
B $2,280
C $2,394
D $2,400
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