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Q.Write short notes on : (Any two)

(a) Time booking
(b) Time keeping
(c) Idle time
(d) Overtime
ChseodishaCHSE Odisha Plus Two (Class 12) Commerce Board 2023Subjective· 8mImportance★★★★★est
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Time keeping records attendance; time booking records job-wise time; idle time is paid-but-unproductive time; overtime is work beyond normal hours at a premium.

The question asks for short notes on any two; all four are explained for completeness.

(a) Time booking

  • The recording of how a worker's time is spent on different jobs, operations or orders during the working day.
  • Purpose: to charge labour cost to the correct job/cost centre and to compare actual time with standard time.
  • Documents used: job cards, time/job tickets, daily time sheets.

(b) Time keeping

  • The recording of each worker's attendance — time of arrival and departure (total time present in the factory).
  • Purpose: to calculate wages, enforce discipline/punctuality and provide a basis for overhead apportionment.
  • Methods: attendance register, metal disc/token method, time-recording clocks.
  • (Difference from time booking: time keeping records total attendance; time booking records job-wise time.)

(c) Idle time

  • The portion of paid time during which the worker does no productive work, yet wages are paid.
  • Normal idle time (unavoidable — tea breaks, machine set-up, waiting) is treated as part of cost; abnormal idle time (strikes, breakdown, power failure) is charged to the Costing Profit & Loss Account.

(d) Overtime …

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