back pay

noun

: money that is owed to a worker from an earlier time

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As part of the settlement involving back pay to athletes, UCLA’s share of NCAA revenue will be reduced by more than $1 million annually for the next 10 years. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025 Natalia took note of a key detail: years later, long after Luz had left journalism behind, a judge ruled that the newspaper’s owners owed every member of the union back pay. Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 In February, the L.A. County Civil Service Commission voted unanimously to reinstate Clint, 51, and award him more than two years of back pay. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025 While his clients who played before 2021 stand to earn a cut of the settlement’s $2.75 billion in NIL back pay, Hausfeld is more concerned about the future. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for back pay

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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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