Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalty rate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: penal-ty rate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mandated minimum rate of pay which is higher than the usual minimum wage, paid to an employee when working on weekends, public holidays, overtime, late night shifts or early morning shifts.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"It has been urged that the 50 per cent penalty rate ought not to be considered as forming part of the guaranteed earnings of guards and other employees who are compelled to work on Sundays, but that such employees ought to be paid the cash equivalent of such penalty time in addition to ..."

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

penalty rates (plural)

Questions

What does penalty rate mean?: A mandated minimum rate of pay which is higher than the usual minimum wage, paid to an employee when working on weekends, public holidays, overtime, late night shifts or early morning shifts.

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