The document discusses the treatment of overtime premium in employee costing. It states that if overtime is worked to fulfill special orders, the premium may be charged to overheads. If overtime is worked due to the fault of another department, the premium should be charged to that department. If overtime is worked regularly due to worker shortage, the premium is treated as part of employee cost and jobs are charged at an inflated wage rate. Overtime worked due to abnormal conditions should be charged to the Costing Profit and Loss account, not cost. If overtime is required due to customer demand to expedite a job, the premium should be charged directly to the job.
The document discusses the treatment of overtime premium in employee costing. It states that if overtime is worked to fulfill special orders, the premium may be charged to overheads. If overtime is worked due to the fault of another department, the premium should be charged to that department. If overtime is worked regularly due to worker shortage, the premium is treated as part of employee cost and jobs are charged at an inflated wage rate. Overtime worked due to abnormal conditions should be charged to the Costing Profit and Loss account, not cost. If overtime is required due to customer demand to expedite a job, the premium should be charged directly to the job.
The document discusses the treatment of overtime premium in employee costing. It states that if overtime is worked to fulfill special orders, the premium may be charged to overheads. If overtime is worked due to the fault of another department, the premium should be charged to that department. If overtime is worked regularly due to worker shortage, the premium is treated as part of employee cost and jobs are charged at an inflated wage rate. Overtime worked due to abnormal conditions should be charged to the Costing Profit and Loss account, not cost. If overtime is required due to customer demand to expedite a job, the premium should be charged directly to the job.
PYQ – 2022 May – Q6c (i) If overtime is resorted to grab some special orders, then overtime premium may be charged to the overheads. (ii) If overtime is worked in a department due to the fault of another department, the overtime premium should be charged to the latter department. (iii) Where overtime is worked regularly as a policy due to workers’ shortage: The overtime premium is treated as a part of employee cost and job is charged at an inflated wage rate. (iv) Overtime worked on account of abnormal conditions such as flood, earthquake etc., should not be charged to cost, but to Costing Profit and Loss Account. (v) If overtime is required due to customer’s demand to expedite the job then overtime premium should be charged to Job directly.