How to Use time and a half in a Sentence

time and a half

noun

• 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.
• Hourly employees who choose to work will be paid time and a half.
  — NBC News, 19 June 2020
• Stores will remain open and hourly workers will be paid time and a half.
  — Grace Oldham, azcentral, 18 June 2020
• Nurses also earn time and a half on their base pay over 40 hours a week.
  — Kris Maher, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
• Some other districts are paying time and a half to employees who need to work outside their homes.
  — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 21 Apr. 2020
• The union fought many years ago for workers to have that eligibility of that time and a half after eight hours.
  — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
• Starbucks said salaried employees who had to work would receive a day off in return, and hourly employees would get time and a half.
  — NBC News, 17 June 2021
• Americans earning less than that amount will typically be paid time and a half for any work over 40 hours a week.
  — Christopher Rugaber, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• The agency pays time and a half for overtime, so these choices have a significant effect on earnings.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
• Still, Sabathia maneuvered his way in and out of trouble his first time and a half through the Astros' lineup.
  — Jake Kaplan, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
• Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
  — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
• For employees who did come back, Patel said he's offered to give them time and a half pay and housing for those whose homes were damaged.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 11 Sep. 2020
• Hourly employees working on Juneteenth will receive holiday pay (time and a half).
  — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 18 June 2021
• In Rhode Island, most hourly workers are required to be paid time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
  — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
• Some restaurants pay their employees time and a half; others rely on diners who tend to tip more aggressively on holidays.
  — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
• Paying employees time and a half inflates state agencies’ payroll costs, but often the practice is unavoidable to fill critical staffing gaps.
  — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• At that time, American agreed to pay pilots a 50% premium (time and a half) to cover reassignments.
  — Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• Employees said they haven’t been getting paid time and a half, or given 1 1/2 hours compensation time for overtime work, as required under federal law.
  — Karen Caffarini, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021
• Target stores are open, but the company decided all employees working will be paid time and a half last year, and all eligible Target team members have the option to take the day off with full pay.
  — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 18 June 2021
• So did Target, which closed its Minneapolis headquarters for the day and said hourly employees who work in stores and distribution centers that day would be paid time and a half.
  — Mary Ellen Podmolik, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021
• Under Rhode Island labor law, most hourly workers are supposed to be paid time and a half for working on Sundays and holidays, with a few major exceptions.
  — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
• San Francisco sheriff’s deputies can soon get paid time and a half by private retailers to guard against shoplifting while off duty, similar to police officers, amid a push to combat retail theft in the city.
  — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021
• Although he did not get paid time and a half for playing 27 holes instead of the normal 18, a healthy check will come his way Sunday afternoon if Penge can hold his position.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
• Another bill would guarantee that medical professionals are paid time and a half on Sundays and holidays, as they are currently excluded from doing.
  — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
• Unlike 39 other states, Massachusetts doesn’t have a lower teen or training wage, and the state is one of only two that require retailers to pay time and a half on Sundays and holidays.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Under Nycha’s Project Labor Agreement, electricians make $81 in base pay and $54 in fringe per hour, and overtime is usually time and a half.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019