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time and a half
noun
: payment for work (such as overtime or holiday work) at one and a half times the worker's regular wage rate
Examples of time and a half in a Sentence
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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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.
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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.
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Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
Some restaurants pay their employees time and a half; others rely on diners who tend to tip more aggressively on holidays.
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Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Time and a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20and%20a%20half. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
time and a half
noun
: payment of a worker (as for working overtime) at one and one half times the regular wage rate
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