1021 “禁止下班后查邮件”可能有损员工身心健康

▍原文

Banning out-of-hours email 'could harm employee wellbeing'

Banning staff from accessing their work emails outside office hours could do more harm than good to employee wellbeing, a study suggests.

University of Sussex researchers found while a ban could help some staff switch off, it could also stop people achieving work goals, causing stress.

Companies are increasingly curbing email use to tackle burnout. France has even legislated on the issue.

But human resources body CIPD said it agreed with the university's findings.

▍语言点

ban sb. from doing sth. 禁止某人做某事

· ban /bæn/ vt./n.  禁止  

· We ban the students from using cell phones during class.

学校上课的时候，禁止使用手机。

access /ˈækses/ vt. 获得；提取；查看；登陆（后接邮件、数据等）

access work emails: 查看工作邮件

· I need access my computer file first.

我要先登录电脑才能传文件（给你）。

outside office hours: 下班之后，工作之余（outside of work）

· I don’t like chatting outside office hours. 

下班之后，我是完全不想说话的。

· You wouldn’t want to talk about work outside office hours, right?

你在工作之外也不想谈工作，对吧？

do more harm than good: 弊大于利

· Drinking too much coffee could do more harm than good to our health.

喝太多咖啡，对身体弊大于利。

· Taking too much responsibility could do more harm than good to our wellbeing.

承担太多责任，对身心健康弊大于利。

employee wellbeing: 员工的幸福感（staff happiness）

· wellbeing更多强调事情、心境或者健康状况上的幸福程度

sb. switch off: 某人从此不再关注

· switch off: 关掉

· switch off the TV: 关掉电视机

· switch off the coffee machine: 关掉咖啡机

· I just want to switch off outside office hours.

我离开办公室，就不想再烦恼工作了。

achieve goals: 实现目标

· achieving work/academic/life goals: 实现工作/学业/生活目标

increasingly /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/ adv. 渐增地；越来越多地（more and more）

· More and more people are going to the movies on weekends.

=People are increasingly going to the moves on weekends.

越来越多的人周末会去电影院看电影。

curb /kɜːb/ vt. 控制（ control）

curbing inflation: 控制通货膨胀

curbing my temper: 控制好我自己的脾气

burnout /'bɜːnaʊt/ n. 筋疲力尽

· suffer from burnout: 劳累过度、筋疲力尽

· Many of the teachers/lawyers/architects are suffering from burnout.

许多老师/律师/建筑师，都会有人劳累过度、精疲力竭。