Examples of back pay in a Sentence
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That day, police officers blocked the road, demanding missed back pay, the governor told the Mexican news outlet Radio Formula.
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Jong and Salgado are seeking class-action status and a court order awarding back pay, with 10% interest, to the thousands of current and former female employees allegedly victimized by Apple’s pay practices over the past four years.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Many of these claims proved successful; between 1970 and 1980, the number of workers reinstated to their jobs or granted back pay after filing unfair-labor complaints quintupled.
—Bruce Western, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Jong and Salgado are seeking class-action status and a court order awarding back pay, with 10% interest, to the thousands of current and former female employees allegedly victimized by Apple’s pay practices over the past four years.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
Some subcontractors for the government could be out of work and would not receive back pay.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Many of these claims proved successful; between 1970 and 1980, the number of workers reinstated to their jobs or granted back pay after filing unfair-labor complaints quintupled.
—Bruce Western, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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