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vacation pay

British  

noun

  1. the wages which an employee is legally entitled to receive either as a paid vacation or in lieu of it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Already, private-duty nurses like Ms. Hankins make far less than they would in hospitals, where nurses with comparable skills earn close to a six-figure salary, in addition to health benefits, vacation pay and sick days.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2021

The ruling means that Uber drivers are entitled to minimum wage, vacation pay and other legal protections.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

And with ghost kitchen workers more akin to hourly gig workers, with few protections like health insurance, vacation pay and the bargaining power of labor unions, their economic outlook could be even grimmer.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2020

There’d be paid days off, paid holidays, vacation pay, health benefits and the person would get to travel with us.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2020

His vacation pay, he told himself with a feeling of downright misery, was already down the drain.

From Occasion for Disaster by Garrett, Randall

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