overtime pay

noun

: money earned at an increased rate for working more than the usual number of hours in one week

When he works on the weekends, he collects overtime pay.

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Last month, Szabo informed the council that the fire department had already begun to overspend its budget for the new budget year, due to expenditures such as overtime pay. —

David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Dockworkers reach tentative agreement, suspending port strike 01:20 A 2019-2020 report by the Waterfront Commission, which oversees New York Harbor, found that a third of the longshoremen based there made $200,000 or more annually including overtime pay. —

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025 According to sources familiar with the matter, investigators are looking at whether federal funds were misused to cover Epps’ overtime pay. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025 Another would give employers and workers the option of comp time in lieu of overtime pay. —

Andrea Hsu, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overtime pay