Allowances are the extra time added to each basic time to derive standard time from it. There are two kinds of allowances in use:
- The company sets their own allowance with respect to the national standards, and
- Some company follows the national standards only.
Reason for adding allowances to the basic time
- When a worker works for a long duration, there is no consistency in her pace. Also she requires some attention to personal needs, time is required for fixing needle in case of needle breakage, rethreading the needle in case of thread breakage, time lapsed due to machine breakdown, etc.
- The standard time is arrived at by adding up some allowances to the basic time. This will be a correct measure to set daily targets which are more practical or reliable.
While deciding the quantum of allowance to be added to the normal time, following types of allowances are considered.
| Sl. No | Condition | Rate | Details & Response |
| 1 | Personal and Fatigue | Sitting-11% Standing-13% | Toilets, drinking water, scratch, nose blowing, etc. for their personal fatigue |
| 2 | Machine Allowance | 5% to 8% | S/N Chain stitch 5% Button sew Chain stitch 5% S/N Lockstitch 5% B/H Lockstitch 5% Multi needle Chain stitch 6% Over lock 6% Bar tack 6% Safety stitch 8% T/N Lockstitch 8% |
| 3 | Contingency Allowance | 3% | Supervisory recording , quality information etc. |
| 4 | Special Allowance | Vary according to physical condition of the industry | Periodic activity – bundling, bobbin change etc. Machine interference allowance- more m/c s Short run – periodic changes in fabric, threads Policy allowance – to line up standard – may vary from line to line
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