Thesaurus results for DOUBLE-TIME

double time

noun

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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Noun

There is a new effort to increase the minimum wage and training requirements for security guards in California ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

— Steve Large, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Around the same time, the Illinois attorney general sued the Morgans over minimum wage violations at Heights Crematory.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimum wage

Noun

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
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

Definition of time and a half

Noun

The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of living wage

Noun

The 50/30/20 rule is a budgeting framework that divides your take-home pay into three categories.

— Javier Simon, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
The bill also promised to increase tipped and overtime workers’ take-home pay by $1,500 a year, and has reportedly increased after-tax income for a typical two-child family by $7,600 to $10,900.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of take-home pay

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