The company said management at its Hull factory had "proposed improvements in basic pay and no redundancies in return for the continued suspension of premium pay for overtime and bank holidays".

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She is also grateful to have a job that pays time and a half plus bonus pay for overnight hours, even if it means she can't fly home to her own family for the holidays.

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That is, unique among major nations, there is no federal law mandating pay for time not worked, though the U.S. does have 10 federal holidays.

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Ms. LANE: As for overtime, hmm - Saturday and Sunday, we don't get nothing -the same pay we get holidays, the same pay we get.

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