time and a half

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Recent Examples of time and a half From at least November 2021, Robert Clouston knew that Arizona state law required Colt Grill to pay time and a half for any work over 40 hours per week, the indictment said. Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025 The board members are allowed to pick up extra shifts outside their 40-hour union work week, getting paid time and a half. Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2025 The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday. Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024 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. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for time and a half
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The candidates also highlighted a desire to change tax laws and minimum wage to fight the affordability crisis.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The center is currently seeking state money to help pay for a program to hire homeless clients to minimum wage jobs cleaning the community, hoping to give people a boost toward better-paying employment down the line.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Prior to the pandemic, the city relied on a consultant’s living wage calculation using the federal poverty rate for a family of three, adjusted upward to account for San Jose’s higher cost of living.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • What types of jobs pay enough to meet the living wage in Texas?
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At times, Spoelstra was just that, committed, concluding the season with Ware and Adebayo starting in tandem, and then opening the Heat’s lone postseason game, the play-in overtime road loss to the Charlotte Hornets, with the alignment.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In India, workers described being forced into excessive overtime to rush final orders before additional tariffs kicked in, then getting laid off anyway.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026

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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 29 Apr. 2026.

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