time and a half

Premium hourly pay

Time and a half is a pay rate fifty percent higher than regular wages, typically for overtime or holiday work.

If your normal hourly rate is twenty dollars, time and a half is thirty: I get time and a half for anything over forty hours.

The phrase functions as a noun or adverb: They're paying time and a half on Sundays.

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pay rate/wage multiplier

time and a halfbase pay

Compensation before additions

standard rate · unpaid overtime · half pay · base rate · regular hours

compensation vs. non-compensation

time and a halfunpaid leave

Authorized absence, no salary

time off · comp time · vacation · holiday · furlough

Family

time, half, times, timed, timing, timer, timely, untimely, halves

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G