How to Use overtime pay in a Sentence

overtime pay

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  • And the caucus will support a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Workers have the option to work up to 48 hours a week, and those who work the extra day will get a 40 percent bump in overtime pay.
    — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • The bill, if amended, would: Eliminate time-and-a-half overtime pay for working 7 days in a row.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 5 Mar. 2024
  • This shortage caused police overtime pay to hit a record high of $155 million last year.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some employers may soon have to pad their white-collar workers’ checks with overtime pay.
    — Amber Burton, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Arizona does not have a state law regarding overtime pay for farm workers.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Biden proposed new rules to boost Americans’ overtime pay.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The lawsuit alleges that Megan prohibited him from working for anyone else and was denied overtime pay and breaks.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Employees are also entitled to overtime pay, but Corley said Lawson had not worked more than 40 hours in any week.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Business groups say such a change will not help many workers because employers are likely to lower base wages to offset overtime pay.
    — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Other after-school staff such as paraprofessionals can earn $35 or more per hour thanks to overtime pay, Toledo said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax after placing a cap on the total amount of exemptions claimed.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • But many officers make far more than that because of overtime pay, a large driver of department expenses.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
  • Daniels – who serves as minority leader – sponsored a bill that would exempt overtime pay from state taxes.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 14 June 2023
  • The police chief was told to use whatever overtime pay was needed to secure help from external law enforcement.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • The cut includes a decrease in funding for overtime pay for the New York Police Department despite a shortage of police officers.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 14 Sep. 2023
  • As independent contractors, they are not entitled to a minimum wage or overtime pay and cannot form unions.
    — Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • During certain time frames, some undocumented workers were paid under the table in cash which left out overtime pay.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Alabama legislators from both parties called Wednesday for final passage of a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 31 May 2023
  • Superintendents can cash out unused vacation or sick days and receive overtime pay, stipends, monthly car and phone allowances and more.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • These are all Democratic issues, but did a single Democratic candidate in 2022 make overtime pay a central issue in his or her campaign?
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Alabama will exempt overtime pay from the state's income tax, though that lasts only until June 2025 unless renewed by lawmakers.
    — CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Just last week, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would make 3.6 million more US workers eligible for overtime pay, the most generous such increase in decades.
    — Fatima Hussein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Proposals so far include a phase-out of the state sales tax on basic foods, elimination of the state income tax on overtime pay, modest cuts to the income tax, and expansion of a tax exemption for people 65 and older.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Just last week, the Biden administration proposed a new rule would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, the most generous such increase in decades.
    — Fatima Hussein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Laborers, who are compensated on an hourly basis and receive overtime pay, aren’t included in shorter work week.
    — Ugur Yilmaz, Fortune Europe, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Others who were paid the minimum wage during their regular hours didn’t receive overtime pay, according to advocates who cross-referenced their pay stubs and time sheets.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • Agricultural work is excluded from many of America’s labor protections, so there was no overtime pay for working more than 40 hours.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The chief was told to spare no expense, including overtime pay, to bring in other UC police, external law enforcement and as many private security officers as needed to keep the peace.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
  • Auto workers are demanding a four-day workweek with overtime pay beyond 32 hours, union representation at new electric battery plants, and the end of employment tiers.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2023

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