overtime

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Recent Examples of overtime The 6-foot-4 forward from UConn scored 18 points, grabbed six rebounds, and recorded four assists to teammates in the Liberty's 76-69 overtime win on Sunday. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 Schmitt also emphasized the importance of focusing on other aspects of the bill, including no taxes on overtime and no taxes on tips. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025 With multiple overtime games, upsets and close calls, Week 2 provided a lot of reasons to shake up this week’s edition of The Athletic 136, just not at the top. Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 The Eagles most defeated UNLV in double overtime in 2021, which was their last winning season. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overtime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
Noun
  • Those employees would include nonexempt hourly workers who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Part of the decrease is that the new company’s employees will no longer routinely work weekends, which are time-and-a-half or double time, unless called in to do so.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Therefore, there are some unfortunate parallels between young Gen Z needing to sacrifice wages due to wavering job opportunities and millennials graduating into the Great Recession.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk’s podcasting venture, according to him, was his primary source of income in addition to his investment portfolio and a $400,000 salary from Turning Point.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Recently, one client redirected their savings into salary increases and wellness stipends, boosting retention in a competitive hiring market.
    Jessica Stroud, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The minimum wage in Turkey has risen by more than 150 percent in the past two years, and inflation, while easing, is still officially running in the mid-30s.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This latest adjustment brings Bank of America’s minimum wage up nearly 67% since 2017, when its base hourly rate was $15.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Much like the legacy acts that reunite, sometimes for the paycheck and sometimes simply for old times’ sake, the gents are happy to trot out the hits one more time.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Workers typically pay for their health insurance premiums through paycheck deductions.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What is considered a living wage in Ada County in 2025? To meet basic needs in Ada County, an individual must make at least $25.67 per hour or $53,394 per year before taxes, according to MIT’s calculator.
    Kate Linderman, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout Biglari’s numerous attempts to secure board seats at the chain, executives at Cracker Barrel have cited his executive compensation as proof of his ill intentions for the brand.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Extra compensation may be available for additional dependents.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From at least November 2021, Robert Clouston knew that Arizona state law required Colt Grill to pay time and a half for any work over 40 hours per week, the indictment said.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
  • The Budget Lab at Yale estimates that 8% of U.S. hourly workers and 4% of salaried workers are regularly paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires overtime pay of at least time and a half once employees have worked 40 hours in a week.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025

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