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

To get portal-to-portal pay, John L. must now go to the courts.

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He emerged with proposed Contract No. 3: an intricate formula which cagily skirts any mention of increased hourly wages or "portal-to-portal" pay.

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Like the fisherman in The Arabian Nights, Detroit's Federal Judge Frank A. Picard had unwittingly let the terrifying genie of portal-to-portal pay out of the bottle.

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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.

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Clemens Pottery Co. for portal-to-portal pay under the 1938 Wages & Hours Act.

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