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Recent Examples of double time
Casting assistants’ first union agreement established a minimum wage rate of $21 an hour retroactive to Sept. 29, with double time after 12 hours worked and triple time after 15 hours worked in a single work day.
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
Workers will also receive triple time for any hours worked beyond 15 hours — up from double time in the current contract.
—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
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Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
Workers will also receive triple time for any hours worked beyond 15 hours — up from double time in the current contract.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double time
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Many teachers are on the minimum wage of $225 a month and are forced to take on extra work such as cleaning just to survive.David Hambling, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Flagstaff, Arizona, now has a minimum wage of $17.85, for example, and Seattle has a minimum wage of $20.76.Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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The memo also pointed to a $7 million reduction in overtime due to fluctuating staffing needs, known as v-hours.Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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In the dying seconds of overtime, with the Bruins cycling in the Panthers’ zone while on a power play, Boston’s David Pastrnak took a final shot.Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
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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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In Johnson County, the hourly living wage goes up to $27.05.Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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Officials said many employees earn between $12.50 per hour and $19 per hour, far below the average living wage for a single person without children in the area.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
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But her take-home pay would have been less, depending on her publishing deal — perhaps ranging from about $795,000 to $1.4 million, Billboard said.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
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This incremental approach is particularly effective when timed with salary increases, as the additional funds can be directed to savings without reducing your take-home pay.True Tamplin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Double time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20time. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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