世界節(jié)假日博覽 第36期:合理工作時間日

　　Work Your Proper Hours Day is usually around February 22. It was started in 2005 by Britain’s organization of labour unions the Trade Union Congress (TUC). This is the day when a worker decides he or she has had enough of doing unpaid overtime. They decide that from Work Your Proper Hours Day, they will completely stop doing unpaid overtime and start using the time for themselves. The TUC website has a quiz so you can decide if you are working too many extra hours for no pay. It asks you if everyone you work with is also doing extra hours and whether you seem to get busier and busier every year. It also asks if you are worried that if you go home on time, your boss will think you’re slacking.

　　合理工作時間日通常會在2月22日前后舉辦。2005年，英國勞工組織與英國勞工聯(lián)合會議聯(lián)盟，并建立了該節(jié)日。這一天，工人們受夠了無薪加班。他們決定從這一天開始，他們將完全停止無薪加班，并開始自己利用時間。英國勞工聯(lián)合會議的官網(wǎng)上有一項測驗，這樣你就可以知道你是否經(jīng)受了無薪加班。測試會問你你的同事是否也會有無薪加班的情況，你是否感到一年比一年忙碌。還會問你，如果你準點回家，你的老板會不會認為你偷懶。

　　The TUC says nearly five million people in Britain do unpaid overtime on a regular basis. If they got paid for this, the average employee would earn an extra 4,955 (around $10,000) a year. Working too long each day is bad for us. It causes stress, messes up our social life and relationships, and can have negative effects on family life. It is also bad for business if staff are worn out. There are signs that campaigns against overworking are beginning to make a difference. Within the past five years, fewer people are doing unpaid overtime and the average amount of time has gone down by 24 minutes a week. Take the TUC’s advice – take a proper lunch break and go home on time.

　　英國勞工聯(lián)合會議稱英國有將近500萬人會經(jīng)常經(jīng)歷無薪加班。如果他們有加班費，那么平均員工一年將多掙4955英鎊(大約1萬美金)。每天工作時間過長將對我們不利。這會讓我們產(chǎn)生壓力，搞亂你的社會生活和社會關(guān)系，并對家庭生活造成不利影響。如果員工精疲力盡，那么也會對生意不利。有跡象表明，針對抵抗加班的活動正在產(chǎn)生影響。在過去的五年中，很少有人會無薪加班，每周的平均加班時間減少了24分鐘。按英國勞工聯(lián)合會議的建議，吃一頓豐盛的午餐，準時回家。

本篇內(nèi)容翻譯來自可可英語網(wǎng)。