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Brian worked 48 hours during the week. His normal working week consists of 40 hours, of which 34 hours were spent on production while the remaining 6 hours were idle time. Overtime is paid at time and a half. However, it is the policy of the company to pay staff 200% of the normal wage rate after the first three hours of overtime on any working day. Brian worked 5 hours of overtime on a job for which the customer required the work to be completed on the same day. Brian’s normal wage rate is $13 per hour. The rest of the week Brian did not work more than three hours of overtime on any one day.
(Enter amount only, do not use dollar signs or commas)
1) What is Brian's gross pay for the week? (1 mark) Answer
2) How much of Brian's gross pay would be charged as direct labour? (1 mark) Answer
3) What is the cost of idle time? (1 mark) Answer
4) What is the amount of the overtime premium paid? (1 mark) Answer
5) How much of Brian's gross pay is charged as a manufacturing overhead cost? (1 mark) Answer
| Type of Work | No of Hours | Wage rate per Hr | Total Wage | Cost Category |
| Production Hours | 34.00 | $ 13.00 | $ 442.00 | Direct Labor |
| Idle Hours | 6.00 | $ 13.00 | $ 78.00 | Manufacturing Overhead |
| First Three Hrs of 5 Hr Overtime paid @150% | 3.00 | $ 19.50 | $ 58.50 | Manufacturing Overhead |
| Remaining 2 Hrs of 5 Hrs Overtime @200% | 2.00 | $ 26.00 | $ 52.00 | Manufacturing Overhead |
| Remaining 3 hrs Overtime on other days @150% | 3.00 | $ 19.50 | $ 58.50 | Manufacturing Overhead |
| Total Work in the Week | 48.00 | $ 689.00 |
| ans 1 | Gross Pay of Brian during the week= | 689 |
| ans 2 | Total Gross pay chargable as Direct Labor = | 442 |
| Ans 3 | Cost of Idle time = | 78 |
| Asn 4 | Over tine premium: | |
| Total Overtime hours done | 8 | |
| Normal wage @$13/hr for the overtinme hrs= | 104 | |
| Actual Overtime payment = | 169 | |
| Overtime premium = | 65 | |
| Ans 5 | Amount of Gross pay charges as Manufacturing | 247 |
| overhead = |
