How to Use time and a half in a Sentence
time and a half
noun
- If they make you work during holidays, they pay you time and a half.
- We get paid 20 dollars an hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime.
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Hourly employees who choose to work will be paid time and a half.
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NBC News,
19 June 2020
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Stores will remain open and hourly workers will be paid time and a half.
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Grace Oldham,
azcentral,
18 June 2020
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Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week.
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Kris Maher,
WSJ,
2 Mar. 2022
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Still, Sabathia maneuvered his way in and out of trouble his first time and a half through the Astros' lineup.
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Jake Kaplan,
Houston Chronicle,
22 Oct. 2017
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The union fought many years ago for workers to have that eligibility of that time and a half after eight hours.
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Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
18 Oct. 2021
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Some other districts are paying time and a half to employees who need to work outside their homes.
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Krista Torralva,
ExpressNews.com,
21 Apr. 2020
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For employees who did come back, Patel said he's offered to give them time and a half pay and housing for those whose homes were damaged.
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Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN,
11 Sep. 2020
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Americans earning less than that amount will typically be paid time and a half for any work over 40 hours a week.
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Christopher Rugaber,
chicagotribune.com,
24 Sep. 2019
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Starbucks said salaried employees who had to work would receive a day off in return, and hourly employees would get time and a half.
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NBC News,
17 June 2021
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The agency pays time and a half for overtime, so these choices have a significant effect on earnings.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
22 Nov. 2018
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Under Nycha’s Project Labor Agreement, electricians make $81 in base pay and $54 in fringe per hour, and overtime is usually time and a half.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
15 Feb. 2019
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Hourly employees working on Juneteenth will receive holiday pay (time and a half).
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Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com,
al,
18 June 2021
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Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two.
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BostonGlobe.com,
5 Aug. 2021
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So did Target, which closed its Minneapolis headquarters for the day and said hourly employees who work in stores and distribution centers that day would be paid time and a half.
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Mary Ellen Podmolik,
chicagotribune.com,
17 June 2021
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Target stores are open, but the company decided all employees working will be paid time and a half last year, and all eligible Target team members have the option to take the day off with full pay.
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Alexis Oatman,
cleveland,
18 June 2021
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Unlike 39 other states, Massachusetts doesn’t have a lower teen or training wage, and the state is one of only two that require retailers to pay time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
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Katie Johnston,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Apr. 2018
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Employees said they haven’t been getting paid time and a half, or given 1 1/2 hours compensation time for overtime work, as required under federal law.
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Karen Caffarini,
chicagotribune.com,
2 July 2021
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San Francisco sheriff’s deputies can soon get paid time and a half by private retailers to guard against shoplifting while off duty, similar to police officers, amid a push to combat retail theft in the city.
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Mallory Moench,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Dec. 2021
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Edgewood ISD, like several other districts, has been paying essential hourly employees time and a half for working through the shutdown, depleting funds while next year’s raises and insurance contributions remain undecided.
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Alia Malik,
ExpressNews.com,
4 Apr. 2020
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