QUESTION 3
[25 MARKS]
Odada (Pty) Ltd was established in 1991 and has since achieved tremendous successin growing its clothing
manufacturing business into an internationally recognised entity. The organisation has stores in Namibia,
South Africa, Mozambique, and Botswana. Their labour policy is provided below:
The organisation pays its production workers N$55 per hour. Each employee works six hours a day, for
five days a week. They are entitled to four weeks of paid vacation for the year. There are fourteen public
holidays in the year, and idle time is 4% of available productive hours. Fringe benefits based on normal
earnings include a 4% contribution towards medical aid and 7.5% towards the pension fund. Employees
also receive a bonus equal to four weeks of normal earnings. The deductions for each employee consist
of Pay as you earn (PAYE): 12% of taxable income, pension: 7.5%, medical aid: 4%, and Social Security
Commission contribution of N$81 per month. Assume that there are 52 weeks in the year.
REQUIRED: {Hint: work with whole numbers throughout your calculations)
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a) Calculate the weekly net pay for an employee
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b) Calculate the total annual labour cost per employee
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c) Determine the annual hours available for production
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d) Compute the labour recovery rate
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e) Differential overtime from idle time
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QUESTION 4
[30 MARKS]
Sheehama Stores management uses the First in First Out (FIFO) inventory valuation method and is in
dispute on which method of inventory valuation should be used. The records currently show that on 28
February 2023 the store had a closing balance of 600 fruits worth N$6 000 in total. The following
information regarding the movement of fruits was provided to you by the store manager during the month
of March 2023.
Receipts (buy) from suppliers were as follows:
• 1 March: Received 2 500 fruits at N$15 per fruit.
• 2 March: Received 1 050 fruits at a total cost of N$16 380.
• 4 March: Received 1 300 fruits at N$16.80 per fruit.
• 5 March: Received 1100 fruits at N$17.40 per fruit.
• 10 March: Received 1 500 fruits at a total cost of N$24 000.
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