reporting pay

noun [U] (also show-up pay) US HR

Definition

› pay that a worker receives when they arrive as arranged to do work, but there is little or no work to do → Compare callback pay

(Definition of reporting pay noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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