| 单词 | portal-to-portal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasportal-to-portal portal-to-portal adj. U.S. relating to or consisting of the time spent on the premises of one's place of work including time spent on essential non-working activities, as changing or washing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > types of payment fallback1895 portal-to-portal1936 incentive1943 straight-time1944 over-award1950 1918 Los Angeles Times 7 Aug. i.3/1 A majority of the strikers were earning from $7.65 to $11.65 a day on contract work. They struck for an eight-hour day from portal to portal of the mines, a pay day twice a month, and a Sunday off on pay once a month.] 1936 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 10 Oct. 1/6 (headline) Eight-hour portal-to-portal working day is also sought in demands. 1943 Times 4 May 5/3 They will earn wages from the time of arrival on the mine premises to the time of departure. This is called in America the ‘portal-to-portal’ system. 1965 McGraw-Hill Dict. Mod. Econ. 385 Proponents of portal-to-portal pay insist that the worker should be paid for the time involved in necessary activities before or after actual on-the-job time on the ground that otherwise the work could not be done. 1991 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 57 214 The Fair Labor Standards Act did long-term damage by establishing a minimum wage and requiring portal-to-portal pay for miners. < as lemmas |
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