The Differences Between a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist While both Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are highly educated and experienced in a variety of nursing procedures and practices, the roles remain distinct from one another.
Definition of straight time. 1  1 : the regularly established working time of employees during a standard period (such as a week) excluding time lost through absence or gained through overtime in most industries straight time still exceeds 35 hours a week. 2 : the rate of pay applicable for straight-time work had 40 hours at straight time and 12 hours of overtime pay.
In this instance the regular rate is obtained by dividing the $405 straight-time salary by. 45 hours, resulting in a regular rate of $9.00. The employee is then due additional overtime computed by. multiplying the 5 overtime hours by one-half the regular rate of pay ($4.50 x 5 = $22.50).