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OVERTIME

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Work performed in addition to the usual and customary working hours, .e.g. work performed above and beyond an 8 hour work day. … [Read more...]

OVERHAUL

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To inquire into; to review; to disturb. "The merits of a judgment can never be overhauled by an original suit" 2 H. Bl. 414. … [Read more...]

OVERTIME PAY

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Payment for overtime work, typically at a rate in excess above the normal rate e.g. time and a half or 1.5 times the laborer's hourly rate. … [Read more...]

OVERHEAD

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A cost of a needed resource that is not involved in the production of a good or service but is still incurred and a necessary expense. An ongoing business expense that has no direct relation to the good or service being produced or provided. An accounting term. … [Read more...]

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