Sentence examples for worked in excess of from inspiring English sources

In my first few years as an Oxbridge academic, I regularly worked in excess of 75 hours a week, just to keep on top of things.

For eligible workers, overtime is paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate for every hour worked in excess of eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week.

A 2008 Harvard Business School survey of a thousand professionals found that ninety-four per cent worked fifty hours or more a week, and almost half worked in excess of sixty-five hours a week.

A 2008 Harvard Business School survey of a 1,000 professionals found that 94% worked 50 hours or more a week, and almost half worked in excess of 65 hours a week.

Ms. Jiang and the other four plaintiffs said they worked for a factory, Jen Chu Fashion, that did not pay them time and a half for the time they worked in excess of 40 hours a week, as is required by law.

Overtime in Silicon Alley (for hours worked in excess of 40 for non-exempt employees) is calculated differently than overtime in Silicon Valley (which also requires the payment of daily overtime for hours worked in excess of eight in one day).

The proportion of women in unskilled jobs working in excess of 20 hours a week dropped by more than 50%.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said: "Despite measures to reduce teachers' workload, we still have the unacceptable situation of many classroom teachers, heads and deputies working in excess of 50 hours a week.

No one enters the profession expecting a nine to five job, but working in excess of 55 hours a week and during holidays is entirely unacceptable," said Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers.

They noted that less than 2 percent of hospitals had installed comprehensive electronic medical records systems, doctors and nurses were routinely working in excess of limits on duty hours and few were paying attention to even simple hand-washing recommendations.

"Teacher morale is at a low ebb with many working in excess of 60 hours a week for uncertain pay and worsening pensions and conditions," said the NUT's general secretary, Christine Blower.