noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
overtime pay (= for extra hours that you work )
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Their bosses had to approve any overtime pay.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
excessive
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A factor in this was excessive overtime with many signalmen working 7 days a week for a month.
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A working culture which allows excessive overtime encourages sub-standard work, and poor inspection.
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It hopes to make a fresh attempt to limit excessive overtime , heavily criticised in the report.
unpaid
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All bloody unpaid overtime , this job.
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Christofferson, however, kept track of his unpaid overtime hours and by June had amassed almost 500.
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Recently he has found himself working late in the office, unpaid overtime , trying to get the damned thing right.
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Techniques of avoidance, easing strategies, were especially important to prevent unpaid overtime .
working
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It looked as if his karma was working overtime .
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Soon after I left them, they were working overtime to fulfil a big order, when there was a breakdown.
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His brain was working overtime and he just stood there goggling.
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His brain was working overtime now.
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This means a slight rise in the wages account which is no different than working overtime for cleaning and maintenance of machinery.
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Oh, and all border points are on full alert - guards doubled, searchlights on the border working overtime .
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Their local maternity unit was working overtime .
■ NOUN
ban
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In 1996 a national overtime ban by prison officers sparked off riots in seventeen prisons.
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It is thought that a complete overtime ban will go ahead.
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An overtime ban started at 7.30am yesterday and will affect the company's factories at Llandudno Junction and Bodelwyddan.
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On October 31st, 1983, an indefinite overtime ban was called in protest against pit closures.
pay
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They receive no overtime pay , nor do they get any holiday money or sickness benefit.
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Would you add in overtime pay when listing your annual salary?
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But no: the firm decided instead to eliminate overtime pay for workers at its packaging and distribution center.
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Their bosses, who had to approve any overtime pay , wouldn't do it.
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As a result, employees who now put in, say, four 10-hour days no longer would earn extra overtime pay .
payment
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Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending.
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Under this scenario, his base grows more slowly, as do his overtime payments .
work
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It is not unusual for this kind of person to carry home overtime work and to go to work on holidays.
■ VERB
require
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It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime .
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California law is more stringent, requiring that overtime must be paid to anyone working more than eight hours in a day.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Miller scored 9 of his 23 points in overtime .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Go to No. 16 shed, our big flat store, and ask and if they want overtime .
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He said engineers are working overtime to fix the problems.
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Is there a policy on the use of overtime ?
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It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime .
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Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell dislocated a knuckle on his throwing hand late in the fourth quarter of an overtime loss to Pittsburgh.
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The overtime and opportunities for easing which court duty affords is often not compensation enough for the stress it involves.
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The last two came on the road, in overtime , on consecutive nights.
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You worked overtime to finish a project with a drop-dead deadline.