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Labor Cost Multipliers

A labor cost multiplier is a value by which Oracle Projects multiplies an employee's labor cost rate to calculate the employee's overtime premium cost rate:

(Labor Cost Rate) x (Labor Cost Multiplier) = Overtime Premium Labor Cost Rate

Oracle Projects then multiplies this overtime premium labor cost rate by the number of overtime hours an employee works to calculate the overtime premium for that employee:

(Overtime Premium Labor Cost Rate) x (OT Hours) = Overtime Premium

You define a labor cost multiplier for each kind of overtime your business uses such as double time, or time and a half.

For example, if you pay an employee double time for all overtime hours, you define a labor cost multiplier of 1.0. You multiply the employee's labor cost rate by 1.0 to calculate the employee's overtime premium labor cost rate.

If you pay an employee time and a half for all overtime hours, you define a labor cost multiplier of 0.5 to calculate half the employee's overtime premium labor cost rate.

An employee's total labor cost is the overtime premium plus the total number of hours that employee worked multiplied by the employee's labor cost rate:

(Overtime Premium + Straight Time Labor Cost) = Total Labor Cost

Defining Labor Cost Multipliers

   To define a labor cost multiplier:

See Also

Overtime in Oracle Projects

Labor Cost Multipliers Listing

Effective Dates

Fremont Corporation uses labor cost multipliers for double time, time and a half, and uncompensated overtime. The negative multiplier for uncompensated overtime reverses the cost of any overtime hours for those individuals who do not get paid overtime.
Name Multiplier
Double Time 1.0
Time and Half 0.5
Uncompensated OT -1.0


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