portal-to-portal pay

portal-to-portal pay
por′tal-to-por′tal pay′
n.
payment, as to a miner or factory worker, that includes compensation for time spent on the employer's premises in preparation for work, in travel from the entrance to the assigned work area and back, etc
Etymology: 1940–45, amer.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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