ACCT 2270/

The Northeast Metal Fabricating Company has been manufacturing machine tools for a number of years and has had an industry-wide raputation for doing high-quality work. The company has been faced with fluctuations in demand over the years. it has been company policy to lay off welders as soon as there was insufficient work to weep them busy and ta rehire them when demand warranted. Bacause of this lay off policy, the company now has poor labor relations and feds it difficult to hire good welders. Consequently, the quality of the products has been cecining steadily. The plant manager has proposed that welders, who arm $25 per hour, be retained during slow perlads ta co menial plant meirtanance work that is normally performed by warsers earning $16 per hour in the plart maintenance department. You, as controller, must decide the most appropriate accounting procedure to handle the wages of the welders doing plant maintenance work. Requirement What department(s) should be charged with this work, and at what rate? Discuss the implications of your plan. should be charged of s