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double time

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Definition of double time

as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of double time The overtime category includes both double time pay and standard overtime. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026 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 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 Part of the decrease is that the new company’s employees will no longer routinely work weekends, which are time-and-a-half or double time, unless called in to do so. — Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for double time

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Noun

The city’s most recent referendum effort came last year, when business groups sought to repeal the $30 minimum wage for tourism workers.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … PRICE OF PROGRESS — Liberal stronghold set to adopt eye-popping minimum wage amid business exodus.

— , FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of minimum wage

Noun

Labor says Wage and Hour Division investigators found not only did the servers not get paid time and a half for overtime, an FLSA requirement, their entire pay came from tips.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Related Articles The union says the museum has refused to negotiate better pay, including time and a half on bank holidays.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of time and a half

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The seventh edition of Fashion Checker, released Wednesday for Living Wage Action Day, updates brands’ living wage and transparency scores.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
The coalition of more than 80 unions and various community groups is pushing for living wage jobs, new housing units and protections for immigrant workers.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of living wage

Noun

New teachers get $3,000 on top of their base salary, bringing their total take-home pay to $53,159.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Bigger paychecks sought While the economy may be showing signs of acceleration, stubborn inflation has eroded Americans’ take-home pay.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of take-home pay

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