How to Use overtime pay in a Sentence

overtime pay

noun
  • This is a tax break only for overtime pay, not all wages.
    — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • First, most workers don’t get tips or overtime pay.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • More than four thousand city employees have made some kind of overtime pay.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2024
  • Tips and overtime pay still will be subject to payroll taxes.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Can overtime pay be garnished by a debt collector?
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • And the caucus will support a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Colorado is one of only four states that mandate overtime pay for farm workers.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Arizona does not have a state law regarding overtime pay for farm workers.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
  • In most cases, yes, your overtime pay can be garnished by a debt collector.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • The couple in this example receives no tax break for overtime pay.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
  • Some employers may soon have to pad their white-collar workers’ checks with overtime pay.
    — Amber Burton, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • That figure includes overtime pay.
    — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Kirkmeyer is also bringing a bill to remove the state tax on overtime pay.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This shortage caused police overtime pay to hit a record high of $155 million last year.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Another would give employers and workers the option of comp time in lieu of overtime pay.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Piercy did not respond to interview requests about his overtime pay.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • Some Johnson County employees racked up a lot of overtime pay.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • If even one of these tests is not met, the employee is generally entitled to overtime pay.
    — Matt Emma, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • One was a firefighter whose overtime pay won’t be taxed, while another was a mother who works as a waitress whose tips won’t be taxed.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Key measures include a higher cap on the state and local tax deduction and a new deduction for overtime pay.
    — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • That includes the right to have a safe workplace and to earn the prevailing minimum wage where they’re employed, as well as overtime pay.
    — Xóchitl Bada, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The bill also creates a new deduction for overtime pay through 2028.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Another big change affects those who receive overtime pay, said Stevenson.
    — Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The House will vote on three bills that would change federal labor standards on job training, overtime pay and tipping.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The agreement also offers a temporary increase in overtime pay and a potential change in pay scale.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Business groups say such a change will not help many workers because employers are likely to lower base wages to offset overtime pay.
    — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That is double the amount of money budgeted for overtime pay for the entire year of 2026.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That is double the amount of money budgeted for overtime pay for the entire year of 2026.
    — Frankie McLister, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Many people are going to need to review their own records and run their own numbers to determine what to claim as a deduction for overtime pay.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The lower snowfall has also reduced the need for overtime pay tied to snow removal operations.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026

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