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time-and-a-half

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  • Most major supermarkets have a union contract that pays time-and-a-half for Sundays, so they schedule a skeleton crew.

    Set aside extra time for the trip. 2009

  • Military personnel spend many days and months, if not years, away from home and family, work hard and don't get time-and-a-half for extra duties they perform.

    California Prison Guards Earn Far More Than Soldiers 2011

  • "They should have one single benefit of getting paid like a normal person, which is time-and-a-half overtime," said Maimon Kirschenbaum , the lawyer for a contract attorney who sued plaintiff firm Labaton Sucharow LLP.

    New Work Rules for Temp Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011

  • And since Illinois cops are paid time-and-a-half with a three hour minimum for showing their face in court, that rather increases the incentive to arrest.

    Do Chicago Sex Workers need Swedish laws? « Bound, Not Gagged 2010

  • While Harvard-educated lawyers and consultants often have to work long hours with little recompense besides Chinese take-out, prison guards receive time-and-a-half whenever they work more than 40 hours a week.

    California Prison Academy: Better Than a Harvard Degree Allysia Finley 2011

  • "They should have one single benefit of getting paid like a normal person, which is time-and-a-half overtime," said Maimon Kirschenbaum , the lawyer for a contract attorney who sued plaintiff firm Labaton Sucharow LLP.

    New Work Rules for Temp Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011

  • The Mets had played into extra innings three times in their previous five games, a taxing stretch for a bullpen already earning time-and-a-half, yet Mr. Perez's inability to throw strikes forced Mr. Manuel to remove him early and use reliever Raul Valdez for 3 2/3 innings.

    Perez Can't Find the Plate 2010

  • It's true that some of the worst abuses have been curbed for example, my father worked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. without the benefit of overtime pay or time-and-a-half, but today's workers are simply scared: scared that their jobs will be outsourced, scared that they'll be fired; scared that they'll be replaced by automated robots.

    William Astore: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer William Astore 2010

  • It's true that some of the worst abuses have been curbed for example, my father worked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. without the benefit of overtime pay or time-and-a-half, but today's workers are simply scared: scared that their jobs will be outsourced, scared that they'll be fired; scared that they'll be replaced by automated robots.

    William Astore: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer William Astore 2010

  • Burke did not say how the officers would be paid, but union officials said they would demand that officers be paid at the time-and-a-half rate to work their off days.

    Gangs Targeting Chicago Police Officers? Email Warns Officers Of Planned Violence 2010

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