Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Labour Costs
Learning Outcomes
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Information required:
Employees’ attendance times
Absences from work
Hourly wage rates
Deductions
Tax
Pension or provident fund
Medical aid
Social security (SSC)
Source Documents
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Clock cards(electronic)
times(manual)
Job cards for calculation of actual time spent and
units produced.
Types of Remuneration
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Fixed salary
Fixed amount irrespective of quality of work,
time used, or output
Professional, administrative and supervisory
staff receives a fixed salary.
Hourly wages (Time-based system)
Employee is paid at a specific rate for the hours
worked. Output is not taken into consideration.
Gross remuneration
= Hours worked x Rate per hour + bonus
Types of Remuneration
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Overtime
Amount paid to employees for extra hours
worked over and above normal working
hours (e.g 8 hours a day).
Normal time must be completed before
any overtime is paid.
Overtime is usually paid at time and a half,
except for Sundays and public holidays,
which is paid at double time.
Employees at certain levels (management)
are not paid for overtime worked.
Remuneration Systems
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$420 = 35 x 12
$84 = (42-35) x 12
$28 = 7 x (12 x 1/3)
Feedback
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A $114
B $152
C $180
D $190
200 units x standard time of 3 minutes per unit =
600 minutes (10 hours).
Employee gross pay = 10 hours x N$18 = N$180
Guaranteed (N$19 x 8 hrs) x 75% = N$152 x 75% =
N$114
As gross pay exceeds the guaranteed amount, the
answer is N$180.
Feedback
20
= $0.90 per unit
Total wage = $0.90 x 200 = $180
Normal, Gross and Net Remuneration
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travel allowances
housing allowances/subsidies.
Example
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N$3 755
Accounting Entries
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Accounting Entries
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Accounting Entries
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Accounting Entries
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Accounting Entries
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Accounting Entries
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Holiday Pay Accounting Entries
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