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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The department also enforces more than 180 federal labor policies and laws such as those pertaining to hourly and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers' rights to safe working environments. —

Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025 Much of McKinney’s case, though, seems to be garden variety labor law: minimum wage, overtime pay, meal breaks. —

Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2025 President-elect Trump has proposed exempting overtime pay from income tax. —

Mike Sylvester, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 Employees who labored long hours on a dairy farm were disappointed on payday when their checks showed no overtime pay and was missing compensation for regular hours worked, Minnesota police said. —

Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for overtime pay