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Recent Examples of time and a half
Some restaurants pay their employees time and a half; others rely on diners who tend to tip more aggressively on holidays.
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Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half.
—Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
—Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
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Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023
Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half.
—Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
—Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
Extras should be prepared for a 10-12 hour day and will receive overtime pay of time and a half.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
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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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Since then, Zelensky has worked double time to signal his appreciation for Trump’s efforts, including having his country agree to a mineral rights deal with the United States that could serve as a form of payment for U.S. support in the war.—
Ian Swanson,
The Hill,
19 May 2025
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Other factors, like a federal minimum wage of $7.50 that has not changed since 2009 and a private healthcare system, also likely contributed to its low ranking.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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In May, the council passed an ordinance to raise the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour — higher than the city’s minimum wage — with Park, Rodriguez and Councilmember John Lee voting against it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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After all, the firm is contending with a massive headwind of costs that include around £430 million of wage hikes via national insurance contributions and higher living wages, food inflation, and elevated price competition from its peers.—
John Choong,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage Calculator, the report found that 65.7% of entry-level jobs in KC pay a living wage of $22.75 an hour or $47,320 annually.—
Ramal Nasim,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2025
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In addition to issuing guidance, the tax agency will have to revise form W-2 (to allow workers to claim a new break for overtime which lasts from 2025 through 2028) and create new withholding tables (to adjust for the tax breaks for tips and overtime).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Mitchell logged 32 instances of fake overtime, police said.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
11 July 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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