rate of pay

noun phrase

: the amount of money workers are paid per hour, week, etc.

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While hiring increased, the rate of pay growth took another step down. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 Today, less than 10% of all providers accept the DOE standard rate of pay, as it has not been changed or increased in almost 20 years. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024 There was concern at the time that the low rate of pay would discourage qualified candidates. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2024 That rate of pay increase exceeds the pace of inflation, indicating that the spending power of workers has grown even as prices jump. Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 June 2024 The owner of the farm – identified as Grace Tung – shortchanged workers who received the regular rate of pay for all hours worked, including hours over 40 in a workweek, and who were also not paid for work off the clock, the federal agency said. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024 Under the new contracts, the top rate of pay will exceed $40 an hour, up from about $32 under the previous deals. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024 By doing so, the company failed to pay overtime wages at time and a half of employees' hourly rate of pay for hours exceeding 40 in a pay period, the U.S. DOL said in a news release. Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024 The disparity between the rate of pay increases in recent years between workers and CEOs at the Big 3 U.S. automakers in recent years has helped contribute to a widening of the gap in pay between the companies' top executives and their typical workers. Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2023

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“Rate of pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rate%20of%20pay. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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