The phrase "allow overtime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission is granted for employees to work beyond their regular hours.
Example: "The manager decided to allow overtime for the team to meet the project deadline."
Alternatives: "permit overtime" or "authorize overtime".
Except for the two times they allowed overtime goals to the Senators, the Rangers have never trailed on the scoreboard during the four games of their first-round series.
During last year's first round, Crawford's play against the Phoenix Coyotes was roundly criticized after he allowed overtime goals in Games 3 and 4. Some perceived the goals as soft, and Crawford was blamed as the Blackhawks exited in the first round for the second consecutive season.
Legislation was passed to encourage people to work more (by allowing more overtime beyond the standard 35-hour workweek) and longer (by offering incentives for older people to stay in the workforce).
Dianne Miller, a Labor Department spokeswoman, said the federal law allowed an overtime exemption for shipboard workers who spend at least 80percentt of their time navigating or helping to navigate a vessel.
They went on the power play because Washington had five skaters on the ice -- instead of the four allowed in overtime -- and Scott Niedermayer, the skillful and speedy defenseman, scored his sixth goal of the season to give the Devils a 2-1 triumph over the Capitals before 15,612 at Continental Arena.
Labor activists argue the new law makes workers vulnerable to exploitation at the hands of multinationals, and that the three years it allows for overtime payments is unacceptable.
1947: NFL owners vote to allow sudden-death overtime in playoff games and add a fifth official, the back judge, to games.
Another provision would allow businesses to reduce overtime payments to virtually all qualifying employees.
Owners often force employees to work 60 hours a week while failing to pay overtime or allow lunch breaks.
