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Recent Examples of time and a half
In addition to reducing the standard workweek by 20%, Sander’s Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which enjoys strong union support, would require employers to pay time and a half for workdays exceeding eight hours.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
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
Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half.
—Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
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
Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half.
—Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
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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
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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,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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In Indonesia, protests came after news of a $3,000 monthly housing allowance for lawmakers, 10 times the minimum wage in a country where most people struggle to meet basic living costs.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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The formula estimates income from a minimum wage summer job, even though many technical college students work year-round and earn much more than that.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Pearson's campaign platform includes labor rights and living wages, affordable housing, Medicare for All, environmental justice, federal investment to combat poverty and gun reform.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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In overtime in November, in front of a crowd of zero at Soldier Field.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Their win over the Ravens came after a crushing 26-23 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Time and a half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/time%20and%20a%20half. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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