indirect labour
1indirect labour — ➔ labour * * * indirect labour UK US (US indirect labor) noun [U] ► ACCOUNTING the workers who are not directly involved in producing goods or supplying services, or the cost of paying those workers: »Indirect labour includes all labour not… …
2indirect labour — 1) Employees of a contractor who carry out work for another organization. This organization employs the contractor to supply the labour for a particular task. For example, some councils use a contractor, and indirect labour, to collect refuse. 2) …
3indirect labour — Personnel not directly engaged in the production of a product or cost unit manufactured by an organization. Examples of indirect labour include maintenance personnel, cleaning staff, and senior supervisors, such as foremen. Compare: direct labour …
4indirect labour cost — The wages, bonuses, and other remuneration paid to indirect labour …
5indirect labour costs — /ˌɪndaɪrekt leɪbə kɒsts/ plural noun the cost of paying employees not directly involved in making a product such as cleaners or canteen staff. Such costs cannot be allocated to a cost centre …
6indirect labour costs — /ˌɪndaɪrekt leɪbə kɒsts/ plural noun the cost of paying employees not directly involved in making a product such as cleaners or canteen staff. Such costs cannot be allocated to a cost centre …
7labour — la‧bour [ˈleɪbə ǁ ər] , labor noun [uncountable] 1. work involving a lot of physical or mental effort: • The garage charges £65 an hour for labour. • those involved in repetitive, unskilled manual labour (= work that involves using your …
8labour costs — wages costs Expenditure on wages paid to those operators who are both directly and indirectly concerned with the production of the product, service, or cost unit. See also: direct labour cost, indirect labour cost …
9Indirect rule — is a type of European colonial policy in which the traditional local power structure, or at least part of it, is incorporated into the colonial administrative structure. It was practiced in large parts of the British Empire, especially British… …
10Indirect costs — are costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular function or product). Indirect costs may be either fixed or variable. Indirect costs include taxes, administration, personnel and security costs, and are also… …
