overtime pay
noun
: money earned at an increased rate for working more than the usual number of hours in one week
When he works on the weekends, he collects overtime pay.
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Donald Trump's campaign promise to eliminate taxes on overtime pay could finally be fulfilled as part of a sweeping bill presented by House Republicans on Monday and set to be taken on by the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
To limit gaming by workers who generally do not receive overtime pay, Bacon would use the Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 definition of overtime.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Those include not taxing tips, overtime pay or Social Security benefits, three of Mr. Trump’s campaign pledges that the White House has continued to push in his second term.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 2 May 2025
That includes the right to have a safe workplace and to earn the prevailing minimum wage where they’re employed, as well as overtime pay.
—Xóchitl Bada, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
To limit gaming by workers who generally do not receive overtime pay, Bacon would use the Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 definition of overtime.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Those include not taxing tips, overtime pay or Social Security benefits, three of Mr. Trump’s campaign pledges that the White House has continued to push in his second term.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 2 May 2025
That includes the right to have a safe workplace and to earn the prevailing minimum wage where they’re employed, as well as overtime pay.
—Xóchitl Bada, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overtime pay
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“Overtime pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtime%20pay. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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