国外媒体:德国雇主协会:员工上班可看世界杯

Germans should be allowed to watch the football World Cup on television at work without getting into trouble with their superiors, the head of the national employers' association said Thursday.

Dieter Hundt, often called the "boss of the bosses", called on companies to cut their staff a little slack when footballmania strikes over the next month.

"I am confident that employers, while considering the needs of their businesses, will react flexibly and, together with their workforces¹, develop their own policies," he told the daily Berliner Zeitung.

Every company needs to decide for itself "to what extent it can strike a balance with the broadcast of World Cup games and working hours".

Hundt's counterpart at the German Federation² of Trade Unions, Michael Sommer, welcomed the employers' pledge of tolerance³ when asked by the Berliner Zeitung.

Watching soccer together encourages "team cohesion⁴ and staff motivation," he argued.

He noted⁵ that several of the World Cup matches in South Africa were taking place in the early afternoon, including the second match featuring the German side, against Serbia on June 18.

德国雇主协会主席于本周四称，德国公司应允许员工们在上班时观看世界杯赛电视转播，老板们应对此表示宽容。

素有“老板的老板”之称的德国雇主协会主席迪特?亨特呼吁各公司在未来一个月的世界杯期间对员工们放松点要求。

他在接受《柏林日报》采访时说：“我相信各公司在考虑企业需要的同时，会灵活应变，并和全体员工一起制定出对策。”

“但如何平衡看球和工作时间的问题”，还是由各公司自行决定。

德国工会联盟主席迈克?松梅尔在接受《柏林日报》采访时也对各公司世界杯期间将实行的宽松政策表示欢迎。

他表示，一起看足球赛能增强“团队凝聚力和激发员工的积极性”。

他指出，南非世界杯的几场球赛都是在午后进行，包括6月18日德国对阵塞尔维亚的第二场比赛。

1 workforces   

全体员工( workforce的名词复数 )； （国家或行业等）劳动力； 劳动大军； 劳动人口

参考例句：

• The Web has allowed companies to become more distributed and workforces to become more flexible. 网站已允许各公司更加分散，工作队伍也变得更加灵活。
• They are large centres of business in their own with skilled workforces and business-friendly environments. 从自身条件来说，它们都是大型商业中心，拥有大批技能型劳动力和友好的商业运作环境。

2 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

3 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 cohesion   

n.团结，凝结力

参考例句：

• I had to bring some cohesion into the company.我得使整个公司恢复凝聚力。
• The power of culture is deeply rooted in the vitality,creativity and cohesion of a nation. 文化的力量，深深熔铸在民族的生命力、创造力和凝聚力之中。

5 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。