The phrase "about the overtime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing topics related to extra working hours or additional pay for those hours.
Example: "I would like to have a conversation about the overtime we worked last month and how it will be compensated."
Alternatives: "regarding the overtime" or "concerning the overtime".
Another reporter asked about the overtime period.
Either Rangers Coach John Tortorella didn't get the memo about the overtime theme, or he ate it.
Not that Bill Parcells, the Cowboys' coach, was complaining about the overtime coin-toss rule, not with his team leading the division that once again deserves to be known as the N.F.C. Beast.
He said many workers wanted to join the union because they were concerned about the overtime they are required to work and because they did not always get paid time and a half for overtime.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) also supports higher pay and benefits for postdocs but is "conflicted" about the overtime rule, says Howard Garrison, FASEB's deputy executive director for policy in Bethesda, Maryland.
Businesses have good reason to worry about the overtime reforms.
The Wrights' combined annual income is about $54,000, and the overtime once added $10,000 a year.
His Vancouver Canucks were about to start the overtime period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.
About $10 million of the overtime payments this year covered training financed by the Department of Homeland Security, and Mr. Gribbon said some of the fluctuations over the years can be attributed to salary raises.
The Colts' president, Bill Polian, a member of the competition committee that recommended the change, 6-2 (Cincinnati and Baltimore voted against it), said he changed his mind to support modified overtime, in part, because he found the statistics about teams that win the overtime coin toss winning the game so persuasive.
For all I know, Sean Woods of Kentucky is still lying face down on the hardwood next door at the old Spectrum, the Duke cheerleaders trying to console him about the 104-103 overtime loss that can never be altered.
