Thesaurus results for DOUBLE-TIME

double time

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Definition of double time

as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of double time 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 Its crystal ball discerns patterns to predict what styles will blow up—then guides the requisite design, sourcing, and inventory decisions in double time. — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for double time

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Bidwell pointed to a lawsuit last year in Washington in which Tacoma detainees sued the private prison company GEO Group over minimum wage violations.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Part of reducing people’s financial burdens would also include increasing the state minimum wage to $15, according to her campaign social media page.

— Sofi Zeman July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Definition of minimum wage

Noun

Two other workers crossed this milestone, earning more than 100% of their regular salaries in overtime.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Even workers who are still employed face double economic pressure as basic wages increasingly fail to meet rising living costs and reduced overtime, driven by falling orders, has hampered their ability to supplement income.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of overtime

Noun

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
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

Definition of time and a half

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Experts say the escalating costs of employers’ premiums are reducing workers’ wages and take-home pay, while raising the prices of goods and services in California and across the country.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Doubles champions also get a pay bump of 10%, making their take-home pay £760,000 (just over $1 million).

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

Definition of take-home pay

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