: inflammation of several muscles at once; specifically : an inflammatory muscle disease of unknown cause that affects muscles and chiefly skeletal muscles and is characterized especially by weakness of the muscles (such as those of the shoulder, neck, or hip) closest to the trunk â see dermatomyositis.
Indirect labor costs are not readily identifiable with a specific task or work order. They are termed indirect costs and are charged to overhead accounts. Use indirect labor in a sentence. At our plant most of our employees are direct labor and a smaller portion are indirect labor that are not directly involved in the production process.
(The direct labor efficiency variance could be called the direct labor quantity variance or usage variance.). Note that DenimWorks paid $9 per hour for labor when the standard rate is $10 per hour. This $1 differenceâmultiplied by the 50 actual hoursâresults in a $50 favorable direct labor rate variance.(The direct labor rate variance could be called the direct labor price variance.).otice that for the good output in February, the total actual labor costs amounted to $825 and the total standard cost of direct labor amounted to $800. This unfavorable difference of $25 agrees to the sum of the two labor variances: