Who are outworkers ?

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Q. Who are outworkers ?

ChseodishaCHSE Odisha Plus Two (Class 12) Commerce Board 2022Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★est

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Out workers do the firm's work outside the factory premises.

In +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting (CHSE Odisha, NCERT/CBSE-aligned), out workers are those who carry out the firm's work away from the factory — as opposed to in-workers who work within the factory. They fall into two kinds:

Workers sent to a site/customer's premises (e.g. erection, repair or construction work at a site).
Workers to whom materials are given out to be worked upon at their own premises (the job-work/putting-out arrangement). …

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CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 mark
$Q. Fill in the blanks :$
(xi) The workers who take materials from the factory and make finished goods at their own premises are known as ______ .
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Fill in: Out-workers.

Out-workers are workers who are given raw materials by the factory and who make the finished goods at their own homes/premises rather than inside the factory.

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$Q. Wages of a carpenter in furniture manufacturing shop, is :$
(a) Direct wages
(b) Direct expenses
(c) Indirect wages
(d) Indirect expenses
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A carpenter directly converts wood into furniture, so his pay is direct wages — option (a).

In +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting (CHSE Odisha, NCERT/CBSE-aligned), direct wages (direct labour cost) are paid to workers who are directly engaged in manufacturing the product and whose work can be identified with it. A carpenter in a furniture-making shop i …

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$Q. The workers who are not on the payroll of the factory, but are engaged to meet the extra load in the factory, are known as :$
(a) Casual workers
(b) Out workers
(c) Regular workers
(d) Permanent workers
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Temporary workers taken on to meet extra load, not on the permanent payroll, are casual workers — option (a).

In +2 Class-12 Cost Accounting (CHSE Odisha), labour is classified by nature of engagement:

Casual workers — engaged temporarily, as and when needed, to meet an extra/peak load; not on the regular payroll. Correct. …
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CBSE 2020Set ANNUAL1 mark
$Q. Fill in the blank: ________ labour cost is a part of production overhead.$
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The missing word is 'Indirect'.

Labour cost is split into direct labour (traceable to a job/unit) and indirect labour (not traceable). Indirect labour - foremen, cleaners, maintenance workers, timekeepers - cannot be charged to a single unit, so its cost is collected as **indirect lab …

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