portal-to-portal pay

American  

[pawr-tl-tuh-pawr-tl, pohr-tl-tuh-pohr-tl] / ˈpɔr tl təˈpɔr tl, ˈpoʊr tl təˈpoʊr tl /

noun

1. payment, as to a miner or factory worker, that includes compensation for time spent on the employer's premises in preparation for a work shift, in travel from the entrance to the assigned work area and back, etc..

   Because workers must change their clothes and pick up tools prior to the work shift, they are demanding portal-to-portal pay.

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Etymology

Origin of portal-to-portal pay

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

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portal-to-portal pay

Steel for back portal-to-portal pay and damages might run as high as $500 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

Demanded a law to throw out portal-to-portal pay suits.

From Time Magazine Archive

It flatly refused to approve a U.M.W. contract with Illinois coal operators, which would have given the miners $1.25 a day in "portal-to-portal" pay.

From Time Magazine Archive

Previous rulings of the court in 1944 and 1945, which had applied to "portal-to-portal" pay for miners alone, were now applied to workers in all industries.

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Murray had given up his demands for a union shop and the annual wage, had promised not to press his portal-to-portal pay suits; U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive