Sentence examples for worked on holidays from inspiring English sources

Asked if he usually worked on holidays, Mr. Cabrera shook his head.

Or an employee who has unused sick time or who worked on holidays might say to his boss, "Two more weeks would make me whole".

Mr. Stajk, who was called Bro around the firehouse, always worked on holidays, his family said, so that firefighters with children could have the day off.

She logged long hours and worked on holidays for Morgan Stanley, once flying, with pneumonia and against doctor's orders, across the country for a technology conference (she paid with a burst eardrum).

So the added expense of hiring additional workers can make it cheaper to ask employees for extra overtime, even when the factories honor regulations requiring that workers be paid double time for overtime and triple wages for each hour worked on holidays.

The agency spent nearly $4.4 million last year on overtime, a large chunk of which went to those who worked on holidays or reported for mandatory court appearances.

I work on holidays, I work on birthdays, I work on New Year's.

He was always the first to volunteer to work on holidays.

Americans working on holidays is not a new phenomenon: we have long been an industrious folk.

A lot of times we're working on holidays, so it's a little different than when you have holidays off and are with your families.

("I cannot say no to work on holidays". "My boss made his mistakes mine". "I am scared every three months because I'm a three-month contract worker").