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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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Cockburn said Saudi Arabia would need a vast number of migrant workers to deliver its World Cup ambitions in a country which has neither established a minimum wage for non-citizens nor introduced measures to prevent worker deaths.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Sign up Other tax rises include a rise in capital gains tax from 10% to 18% for basic rate taxpayers and 20% to 24% for higher earners, as well as a national insurance hike for employers and a higher national minimum wage.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Copied Share Second meeting for teams Greg Rosenstein The Ravens beat the Bengals 41-38 in overtime in Week 5, the highest scoring game of the season so far.NBC News, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Overtime sent the fans at Arrowhead Stadium into a nervous quiet as Kelce made a handful of catches from Mahomes, but running back Kareem Hunt helped the Chiefs seal the victory in overtime with the final touchdown.Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 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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Our schools need better funding, and our direct support staff deserve living wages.Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recognize that for these workers, the gap between their take-home pay and affordable food can be burdensome.Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Without the support, Wright-Oviedo said, her family would be spending $2,600 a month on child care, consuming at least half their take-home pay.Maya Huter, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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