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-out,
- call-up,
- calla,
- callable,
- callaghan
Also called reporting pay.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019