Exercise 4 (Direct Labor Budget) The Production Department of the Laguna Plant of JC Corporation has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced at the plant for each quarter of the...

Extracted text: Exercise 4 (Direct Labor Budget) The Production Department of the Laguna Plant of JC Corporation has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced at the plant for each quarter of the upcoming fiscal year. The plant produces high-end outdoor barbeque grills. 1st quarter 2 quarter 3rd quarter 4 quarter Units to be produced... 5,000 4,400 4,500 4,900 Each unit requires 0.40 direct labor-hours and direct labor-hour workers paid P11 per hour. Required: 1. Construct the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor work force is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted numberof unitsproduced. 2. Construct the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor work force is not adjusted each quarter. Instead, assume that the company's direct labor work force consists of \ permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 1,800 hours of work each quarter. If the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 1,800 hours anyway. Any hours worked in excess of 1,800 hours in a quarter are paid at the rateof 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.