How to Use overtime pay in a Sentence

overtime pay

noun
  • And the caucus will support a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Workers have the option to work up to 48 hours a week, and those who work the extra day will get a 40 percent bump in overtime pay.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • The bill, if amended, would: Eliminate time-and-a-half overtime pay for working 7 days in a row.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 5 Mar. 2024
  • This shortage caused police overtime pay to hit a record high of $155 million last year.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • More than four thousand city employees have made some kind of overtime pay.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2024
  • Three officers received north of 200 hours of overtime pay for the unit, including Sgt.
    Ali Winston, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Some employers may soon have to pad their white-collar workers’ checks with overtime pay.
    Amber Burton, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Arizona does not have a state law regarding overtime pay for farm workers.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Biden proposed new rules to boost Americans’ overtime pay.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Trump used a rally Thursday in Tucson to roll out the latest proposal, to stop taxing overtime pay.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The lawsuit alleges that Megan prohibited him from working for anyone else and was denied overtime pay and breaks.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Before the rule change on July 1, only around 15% of salaried workers were eligible for overtime pay.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • Employees are also entitled to overtime pay, but Corley said Lawson had not worked more than 40 hours in any week.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • If the players are deemed to be FLSA employees, they’d be owed at least minimum wage for their labor and would be eligible for overtime pay.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 July 2024
  • Business groups say such a change will not help many workers because employers are likely to lower base wages to offset overtime pay.
    Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Donald Trump, in his determined effort to claim the mantle of friend of the working man and woman, unveiled a proposal the other day to make overtime pay tax-exempt.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Other after-school staff such as paraprofessionals can earn $35 or more per hour thanks to overtime pay, Toledo said.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Tax cuts Trump promised to end taxes on tips, end taxes on overtime pay, and end taxes on Social Security income.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax after placing a cap on the total amount of exemptions claimed.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • But many officers make far more than that because of overtime pay, a large driver of department expenses.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
  • Daniels – who serves as minority leader – sponsored a bill that would exempt overtime pay from state taxes.
    Scott Turner | , al, 14 June 2023
  • The police chief was told to use whatever overtime pay was needed to secure help from external law enforcement.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • The cut includes a decrease in funding for overtime pay for the New York Police Department despite a shortage of police officers.
    Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In 2016, former President Barack Obama’s administration set a rule that would have raised the salary threshold for overtime pay.
    Sara Swann, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Oct. 2024
  • As independent contractors, they are not entitled to a minimum wage or overtime pay and cannot form unions.
    Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • During certain time frames, some undocumented workers were paid under the table in cash which left out overtime pay.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Alabama legislators from both parties called Wednesday for final passage of a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 31 May 2023
  • Trump reiterated one of his top new economic proposals: a ‘no tax on overtime pay’ pledge that seeks to appeal to working-class voters.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Superintendents can cash out unused vacation or sick days and receive overtime pay, stipends, monthly car and phone allowances and more.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • These are all Democratic issues, but did a single Democratic candidate in 2022 make overtime pay a central issue in his or her campaign?
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023

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