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Recent Examples of double time
Workers will also receive triple time for any hours worked beyond 15 hours — up from double time in the current contract.
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Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 18 July 2024
In the same vein, employers would be required to pay double time when rest or meal periods are skipped.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
On-call workers, meanwhile, are to be paid double time on their seventh work day in a week.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
Workers who put in a 12-hour day would receive double time for each extra hour worked.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 18 July 2024
In the same vein, employers would be required to pay double time when rest or meal periods are skipped.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
On-call workers, meanwhile, are to be paid double time on their seventh work day in a week.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2024
Workers who put in a 12-hour day would receive double time for each extra hour worked.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double time
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What will the Arizona minimum wage be in 2025? In 2025, Arizona's minimum wage will be $14.70 per hour.Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The minimum wage in Indiana is $7.25 per hour, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
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The same confidence can be said about the Chargers (8-1), who are off a great start this season, the lone loss coming in overtime to West Aurora.Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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According to the 6-foot-9 wing player, what attracted him to the Cougars, who suffered their first loss of the season on Thanksgiving afternoon during a 96-85 defeat in overtime to No. 23 Ole Miss at the Rady Children's Invitational, was head coach Kevin Young and his staff.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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And the lowest portion of workers living in poverty, demonstrating that workers in New Hampshire are paid a living wage.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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All of the cities in the top five, including Toledo, Ohio, required a comfortable living wage between $36 and $38 per hour for one person.Isabela Ocampo Restrepo, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Aug. 2024
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Despite higher inflation, take-home pay for Latino workers starting in 2022’s first quarter has averaged $284.30, a level almost 5% higher under Biden.Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 10 July 2024
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And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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