compensatory time

American  

[kuhm-pen-suh-tawr-ee tahym] / kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i ˌtaɪm /

noun

1. time off from work, granted to an employee instead of overtime pay.

   You will accrue compensatory time in return for occasional evening or weekend assignments.

   Compensatory time and overtime payments are available to clerical and support workers only.

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Etymology

Origin of compensatory time

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The paper reported the employee felt he was owed $137,000 in compensatory time at the time he shut down the website, the paper reported.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Roth also finds that employees in the agency's Fraud and Internal Investigations Division violated FEMA's premium pay rules for compensatory time.

From US News • Feb. 29, 2016

For instance, if you work four extra hours that would otherwise be overtime, will you receive six hours of compensatory time?

From Time • May 3, 2013

Retired San Francisco Deputy Police Chief Charles Keohane was paid $516,118 in 2009, with most of that coming from vacation, sick and compensatory time upon retiring, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

From BusinessWeek • May 10, 2011

For most, the Ford plan called for some compensatory time spent in menial work in public service institutions.

From Time Magazine Archive