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double time

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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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Bottoms called for raising the minimum wage for state employees and creating a path to free technical and community college.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … -- POLITICS PRICE OF PROGRESS — States set to trigger fresh minimum wage hikes with pay floors more than double federal rate.

— , FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of minimum wage

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Prosecutors say workers were paid less than $2 an hour, illegally docked money for housing and denied overtime for working up to 10 hours a day, six days a week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors say the workers were paid less than $2 an hour and denied overtime; nearly 480 could receive payouts, while the investigation into Caddell Construction remains open.

— Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of overtime

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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 pilot found that workers were earning around 30 to 35 percent below a living wage benchmark, highlighting a challenge that often remains hidden within supply chains.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 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

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Why the 50/30/20 budget framework matters first A good starting structure is the 50/30/20 budget, which generally puts 50% of take-home pay toward needs, 30% toward wants and 20% toward savings and debt repayment.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
One common framework is the 50/30/20 budget, which reserves a share of take-home pay for wants after needs, savings and debt repayment.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of take-home pay

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