time and a half

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Recent Examples of time and a half 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 By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release. Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024 Some restaurants pay their employees time and a half; others rely on diners who tend to tip more aggressively on holidays. Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2023 Nothing about the job was good, except the time and a half. Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for time and a half
Recent Examples of Synonyms for time and a half
Noun
  • Those employees would include nonexempt hourly workers who were allegedly denied minimum wage, overtime, double time and other benefits.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The mayor would go on to sign the city’s $15 minimum wage ordinance, as well as new residential tenant protections fashioned by the city council.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That theme was also behind his successful push to increase the minimum wage for most tourism workers to $25 an hour, which will be phased in over four years.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After a scoreless overtime frame, one in which the Panthers outshot the Ducks 5-1 and had a 9-2 edge in shot attempts, Anaheim won in the shootout with Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scoring on Daniil Tarasov.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Falcons have a tough test ahead against Eaton, a squad that nearly toppled local power Euless Trinity in an overtime thriller.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.

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