Definition

Noun: A pay rate equal to one and one-half times an employee's standard hourly wage. This increased rate is legally mandated in many jurisdictions as compensation for hours worked beyond the standard workweek (overtime), typically over 40 hours in a week, or for work performed on designated holidays.

Usage

This term is used almost exclusively in the context of employment, wages, and labor law. It specifies the calculation method for overtime pay. - The phrase is commonly used with prepositions like at, for, or of (e.g., "paid at time and a half"). - It functions as a noun phrase, often acting as the object of a verb or preposition.

Examples

• All hours worked beyond 40 in a week will be compensated at time and a half.
• The company offers time and a half for work on national holidays.
• Her contract stipulates time and a half for any Sunday shifts.
• The total overtime pay was calculated using the time and a half rate.

Advanced Usage

• "Eligible for time and a half": Describes employees or specific hours that qualify for the overtime rate.
  • Non-exempt employees are eligible for time and a half.
• "Pay/time and a half": A common construction where "pay" is the direct object and "time and a half" describes the rate.
  • The law requires employers to pay time and a half for overtime.

Variants and Related Words

• Overtime (n.): 1) The hours worked beyond the standard schedule. 2) The pay received for such work, which is often at the "time and a half" rate.
• Double time (n.): A pay rate equal to twice the standard hourly wage, sometimes offered for work on major holidays or excessive overtime.
• Premium pay (n.): A general term for any pay rate higher than the standard rate, which includes time and a half, double time, and holiday pay.

Synonyms

• Overtime rate: A more formal synonym, though it does not specify the 1.5 multiplier.
• 150% pay: A literal, numerical description of the rate.

Related Phrases

• To get/receive time and a half: The action of being paid at this rate.
  • We get time and a half if we work the Saturday shift.
• To be on time and a half: The state of currently earning this rate.
  • Once the clock hits 40 hours, everyone is on time and a half.

Noun

1. a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work