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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3607.32596)</generator><item><title>Re:  working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530182</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530182</guid><dc:creator>Goodman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530182</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530182.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; Can&amp;#39;t working late mean doing personal work till late in the morning or evening?  Working late – is a general and relative term, depending on the context, the meaning varies. But one thing is certain, if someone calls his wife and says “I am working late tonight to wrap up the details on the presentation which is due tomorrow morning”, the message is implying that he is most likely a salary employee, not hourly, thus his working late usually is not compensated monetarily on his next pay check. He may get a “comp day” in lieu for O.T.  In the work place, “working late” = staying behind to work after the office hours or regular shift for that day is finished.       “John is not up yet. He was working late last night in...</description></item><item><title>Re:  working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530038</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530038</guid><dc:creator>Neeraj Jain</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530038</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530038.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Can&amp;#39;t working late mean doing personal work till late in the morning or evening?</description></item><item><title>Re:  working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530003</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:530003</guid><dc:creator>SHIBA SAXENA</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#530003</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-530003.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>YES, MR. GOODMAN, U R RIGHT.</description></item><item><title>Re: working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529941</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529941</guid><dc:creator>optilang</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529941</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-529941.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>SHIBA SAXENA 
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                              #529933 Fri, 20 Jun 08 07:36 AM</description></item><item><title>Re: working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529939</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529939</guid><dc:creator>Goodman</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529939</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-529939.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Working late is a common practice in a lot mid level management staff in many commerically developed countries who don&amp;#39;t get o.t. pay. Only salary non-exempt employees (meaning hourly will get O.T. pay or comp time). In other words, working late does not mean o.t. pay for certain level of employees. But their benifit package is much better than hourly, including bonus and leaves.</description></item><item><title>Re: working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529933</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529933</guid><dc:creator>SHIBA SAXENA</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529933</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-529933.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>here we can also say doing ovetime</description></item><item><title>Re: working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529908</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529908</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm#529908</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-529908.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>. Yes.  I am always working late; I worked late again last night.</description></item><item><title>working late</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:529895</guid><dc:creator>Pravinth</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WorkingLate/gzxjz/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-529895.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi All,   Is it correct to say &amp;quot;Working Late&amp;quot; ? -to mean continue working even after office hour.   Thanks !</description></item></channel></rss>