direct labour
1direct labour — ➔ labour * * * direct labour UK US noun [U] UK ► (US direct labor) ACCOUNTING the workers who are directly involved in producing goods or supplying services, or the cost of paying those workers: »Direct labor costs are rising in the manufacturing …
2direct labour — noun Labour employed directly, not through a contractor • • • Main Entry: ↑direct …
3Direct labour cost variance — is the difference between the standard cost for actual production and the actual cost in production.[1] There are two kinds of labour variances. Labour Rate Variance is the difference between the standard cost and the actual cost paid for the… …
4direct labour hour rate — labour hour rate 1) The individual rate of pay per hour paid to operators categorized as direct labour 2) An absorption rate used in absorption costing. It is obtained by the following formula: (budgeted cost centre overheads)/(budgeted direct… …
5direct labour cost — direct wages Expenditure on wages paid to those operators who are directly concerned with the production of a product, service, or cost unit It is one of the cost classifications making up the direct cost of a cost unit; it is quantified as the… …
6direct labour cost — direct wages Expenditure on wages paid to those operators who are directly concerned with the production of a product, service, or cost unit. It is one of the cost classifications making up the prime cost of a cost unit; it is quantified as the… …
7direct labour efficiency variance — In a standard costing system, a variance arising as part of the direct labour total cost variance. It compares the actual labour time taken to carry out an activity with the standard time allowed and values the difference at the standard direct… …
8direct labour total cost variance — The combination of the direct labour rate of pay variance and the direct labour efficiency variance; it compares the actual cost and the standard cost of the direct labour incurred in carrying out the actual production. The formula for this… …
9direct labour rate of pay variance — In a standard costing system, a variance arising as part of the direct labour total cost variance. It compares the actual rate paid to direct labour for an activity with the standard rate of pay allowed for that activity for the actual hours… …
10direct labour hour — An hour spent working on a product, service, or cost unit produced by an organization by those operators whose time can be directly traced to the production. The direct labour hour is sometimes used as a basis for absorbing manufacturing… …
