Solution:
Direct labor cost = 56*$30 = $1,680
Manufacturing overhead costs = (56-40) * $30*50% = $240
Total wages earned = $1,680 + $240 = $1,920
Exercise 2-12 Classification of Labour Costs [LO1) Jan Davis is employed by Wesley Limited. Last week...
Jan Davis is employed by Wesley Limited. Last week she worked 54 hours assembling one of the company's products. Wesley's employees work a 40-hour week and Davis is paid $26 per hour. Employees are paid time and a half for any hours worked in excess of the standard 40 hours. Assume the overtime is the result of an overall increase in demand for all products. Required: 1. Allocate Davis's wages for the week between direct labour cost and manufacturing overhead...
Jan Davis is employed by Wesley Limited. Last week she worked 55 hours assembling one of the company’s products. Wesley’s employees work a 40-hour week and Davis is paid $28 per hour. Employees are paid time and a half for any hours worked in excess of the standard 40 hours. Assume the overtime is the result of an overall increase in demand for all products. Required: 1. Allocate Davis’s wages for the week between direct labour cost and manufacturing overhead...
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Highlander Cutlery manufactures kitchen knives. One of the
employees, whose job is to cut out wooden knife handles, worked 51
hours during a week in January. The employee earns $15 per hour for
a 40-hour week, and overtime is paid after 40 hours. For additional
hours the employee is paid an overtime rate of $20 per hour. The
employee’s time was spent as follows:
Regular duties involving cutting out knife handles
43
hours
General shop cleanup duties
7
hours
Idle...
Highlander Cutlery manufactures kitchen knives. One of the employees, whose job is to cut out wooden knife handles, worked 53 hours during a week in January. The employee earns $16 per hour for a 40-hour week, and overtime is paid after 40 hours. For additional hours the employee is paid an overtime rate of $21 per hour. The employee’s time was spent as follows: Regular duties involving cutting out knife handles 45 hours General shop cleanup duties 5 hours Idle...
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