Hruska Company's is a small company that produces a very popular men's cologne. The budgeted bottles to be produced for the next year by quarter follows:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Bottles to be produced	11,000	8,000	8,500	10,800

Each bottle requires 0.75 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $16.00 per hour.

Required:

1. Prepare the companys direct labor budget for next year. Assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of bottles produced.

2. Prepare the companys direct labor budget for next year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the companys direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 8,000 hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 8,000 hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of 8,000 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Required 1 Required 2 Prepare the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Assume that the direct labo each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units prod labor time per unit (hours)" answers to 2 decimal places.) Hruska Company Direct Labor Budget 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Year Direct labor time per unit (hours) Total direct labor-hours needed Direct labor cost per hour Total direct labor cost Required 1 Required 2 Prepare the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the company's direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 8,000 hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 8,000 hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of 8,000 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor. (Round "Direct labor time per unit (hours)" answers to 2 decimal places.) Show less A Hruska Company Direct Labor Budget 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Year Direct labor time per unit (hours) Total direct labor-hours needed Regular hours Overtime hours Wages for regular hours Overtime wages Total direct labor cost