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overtime pay

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Overtime pay is extra money for hours worked beyond the normal day. Earn overtime pay, no overtime pay at all.

It is usually at a higher rate, and in Britain there is no legal right to it unless the contract says so. Salaried staff often work the hours and get no overtime pay for any of them.

Definitions of overtime pay

  1. 1nounovertime payExtra money for hours worked beyond the normal day.B1

    “The overtime pay over Christmas was worth more than the wage.”

overtime pay is pay.

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