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Recent Examples of double time
Casting assistants’ first union agreement established a minimum wage rate of $21 an hour retroactive to Sept. 29, with double time after 12 hours worked and triple time after 15 hours worked in a single work day.
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
Workers will also receive triple time for any hours worked beyond 15 hours — up from double time in the current contract.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 18 July 2024
In the same vein, employers would be required to pay double time when rest or meal periods are skipped.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
On-call workers, meanwhile, are to be paid double time on their seventh work day in a week.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
Workers will also receive triple time for any hours worked beyond 15 hours — up from double time in the current contract.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 18 July 2024
In the same vein, employers would be required to pay double time when rest or meal periods are skipped.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
On-call workers, meanwhile, are to be paid double time on their seventh work day in a week.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double time
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Hart also alleged in her suit that her employer also failed at times to pay her the minimum wage and overtime pay and that she was required to use her own mobile phone at work without reimbursement.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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What's next: If passed, inmates would not necessarily be paid the state's minimum wage.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Prior Lake went into the Lakeville North game winning five of six games, including 6-5 in overtime over Bloomington Jefferson to open the New Year Jan. 2.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Prior to the possession rule change, 10 of the 11 playoff games that went to overtime under the post-2010 overtime rule changes were won by the team that received the ball first.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 June 2024
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In addition to reducing the standard workweek by 20%, Sander’s Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which enjoys strong union support, would require employers to pay time and a half for workdays exceeding eight hours.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2024
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Her city initiatives included securing a living wage ordinance, domestic partner benefits for city employees and tenant protections.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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The living wage calculation for one adult in Washburn County is $19.45 an hour working 40 hours a week, according to the MIT living wage calculator.—
HALLIE CLAFLIN,
Journal Sentinel,
25 Dec. 2024
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As a result, taxpayers may notice changes in their take-home pay as the new brackets come into effect.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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But her take-home pay would have been less, depending on her publishing deal — perhaps ranging from about $795,000 to $1.4 million, Billboard said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
22 Dec. 2024
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