call-in pay

noun

payment made to employees who report for work and find there is no work for them to do.

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Nearby words

call waiting, call-and-response, call-board, call-exner body, call-in, call-in pay, call-out, call-up, calla, callable, callaghan

Also called reporting pay.

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