paid overtime

collocation in English

meaningsofpaidandovertime

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paid
adjective
uk
/peɪd/us
/peɪd/
being given money ...
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overtime
noun[U]
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.taɪm/
extra payment for working after the ...
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(Definition ofpaidandovertimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpaid overtime

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I understand that they have been told that they must work for 11 hours before they can bepaidovertime.
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They are always in a considerable amount of danger, and they do not getpaidovertime.
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The officers will have to get extra assistance, which will have to bepaidovertime.
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I did not know they werepaidovertime.
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Dock workers do not mind working overtime, if they arepaidovertimerates of pay.
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I am satisfied that the amount ofpaidovertimeis at all times limited to the minimum necessary to the adequate discharge of the work.
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Will he tell us what guaranteed break they get and at what stage in the hours he mentioned they begin to bepaidovertimerates?
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We shall also be challenging the removal of the employee's right to premiumpaidovertime.
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I do not know why nurses are notpaidovertime.
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Information about the number of hours ofpaidovertimeworked each year since 1978–79 is set out in the table.
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Our courts are clogged with witnesses who are there needlessly and with police officers beingpaidovertimesimply to hang about.
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But they will only do it if they arepaidovertimeand double time.
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There is also resentment among service personnel who have to work alongside contract staff who arepaidovertime, and sometimes enjoy better working conditions.
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There might be a few such cases, but these men are glad to bepaidovertimefor the hours over 55 hours a week.
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Previously, they werepaidovertimeonly after 66 hours a week.
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People are enthusiastic about overcoming the difficulties and the problems of getting to work, and some of them are working without beingpaidovertime.
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Information concerning thepaidovertimefor the financial years 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 is given in the table.
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There is a provision that if the employé works 16 minutes or more he ispaidovertime.
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If that is the case, how is it that these men are notpaidovertimewhen working these widely varying hours of work?
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The difference represents the number of unfilled vacancies due to the steady turnover of staff and is in part compensated for bypaidovertime.
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