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Recent Examples of time and a half
The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts outside their 40-hour union work week, getting paid time and a half.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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
By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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
By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
Noun
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This year, Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 25, so taking off the following Tuesday and Wednesday means extending your weekend by double time.—
Jamie Spain,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Dec. 2025
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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
Noun
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CareLinx handles payroll processing, so caregivers earn at least minimum wage and pay just the employee portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some of it may relate to changes in minimum wage laws or other factors, but these were flashing warning signs well before this most recent conflict.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Data from the Census Bureau and Good Reason Houston has shown that one in five families in Houston live under the poverty line, and only one in five high school graduates earned a living wage six years after graduation.—
Ashley Soebroto,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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If one parent is working, the calculator found $55 an hour is needed for a living wage.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tied 1-1 at the end of overtime, the Spartans held a 4-3 advantage in the shootout to take a 2-1 win.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Orlando, which lost to Phoenix in double-overtime in late-February, did just that by jumping out to a 16-point lead in the first quarter, but saw another double-digit lead disappear throughout the night.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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