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Most major supermarkets have a union contract that pays time-and-a-half for Sundays, so they schedule a skeleton crew.
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Military personnel spend many days and months, if not years, away from home and family, work hard and don't get time-and-a-half for extra duties they perform.
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"They should have one single benefit of getting paid like a normal person, which is time-and-a-half overtime," said Maimon Kirschenbaum , the lawyer for a contract attorney who sued plaintiff firm Labaton Sucharow LLP.
New Work Rules for Temp Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011
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And since Illinois cops are paid time-and-a-half with a three hour minimum for showing their face in court, that rather increases the incentive to arrest.
Do Chicago Sex Workers need Swedish laws? « Bound, Not Gagged 2010
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While Harvard-educated lawyers and consultants often have to work long hours with little recompense besides Chinese take-out, prison guards receive time-and-a-half whenever they work more than 40 hours a week.
California Prison Academy: Better Than a Harvard Degree Allysia Finley 2011
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"They should have one single benefit of getting paid like a normal person, which is time-and-a-half overtime," said Maimon Kirschenbaum , the lawyer for a contract attorney who sued plaintiff firm Labaton Sucharow LLP.
New Work Rules for Temp Lawyers Vanessa O'Connell 2011
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The Mets had played into extra innings three times in their previous five games, a taxing stretch for a bullpen already earning time-and-a-half, yet Mr. Perez's inability to throw strikes forced Mr. Manuel to remove him early and use reliever Raul Valdez for 3 2/3 innings.
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It's true that some of the worst abuses have been curbed for example, my father worked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. without the benefit of overtime pay or time-and-a-half, but today's workers are simply scared: scared that their jobs will be outsourced, scared that they'll be fired; scared that they'll be replaced by automated robots.
William Astore: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer William Astore 2010
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It's true that some of the worst abuses have been curbed for example, my father worked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. without the benefit of overtime pay or time-and-a-half, but today's workers are simply scared: scared that their jobs will be outsourced, scared that they'll be fired; scared that they'll be replaced by automated robots.
William Astore: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Poorer William Astore 2010
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Burke did not say how the officers would be paid, but union officials said they would demand that officers be paid at the time-and-a-half rate to work their off days.
Gangs Targeting Chicago Police Officers? Email Warns Officers Of Planned Violence 2010
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