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German: Ampelregelung

English translation: traffic light system







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German term or phrase:Ampelregelung
English translation:traffic light system
Entered by:Paula Price
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German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
German term or phrase: Ampelregelung
1. Ergänzungsgrund

Die getroffene Vereinbarung zur Arbeitszeit hat sich grundsätzlich bewährt. Sie weist in zweierlei Hinsicht Korrekturbedarf auf: Zum einen hat sich die Vereinbarung zur Regelarbeitszeit-Überschreitung / -Unterschreitung (Ziffer 4 der Betriebsvereinbarung zur Arbeitszeit vom 01.04.2001; sog. „Ampelregelung“) in einigen Fällen als nicht praktikabel erwiesen.
Paula Price
United Kingdom
traffic light system
Explanation:
A system in which a worker has flexible working hours (although they must be recorded); if (s)he goes outside a certain difference from standard, the red light is shown, and no further discrepancies in that direction are permitted. See an example below:

"changing rotas to comply with junior doctors' hours and working time regulations. ... to Amber in the Workforce Development Confederation traffic light system for ...
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David Moore
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2traffic light systemDavid Moore
3alert level rules
gangels
3traffic light/traffic lights rule
Wenjer Leuschel
3the so-called "traffic-lights" system
Steffen Walter


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
traffic light system

Explanation:
A system in which a worker has flexible working hours (although they must be recorded); if (s)he goes outside a certain difference from standard, the red light is shown, and no further discrepancies in that direction are permitted. See an example below:

"changing rotas to comply with junior doctors' hours and working time regulations. ... to Amber in the Workforce Development Confederation traffic light system for ...



    www.ubht.nhs.uk/ board/meetings/2003-04/July/Public%20Trust%20Board%20Minutes%20June%202003.doc
David Moore
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 86
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Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Terry Gilman: yellow is okay, too, in AmE - our system has red, green, and *blue* (and not just for Mondays)
55 mins
agree Jane Levans
1 day2 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
traffic light/traffic lights rule

Explanation:
traffic light (American)/traffic lights rule (British)

I don't know what it exactly means in the context of human resources.
But this might be the right translation for it.

Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the so-called "traffic-lights" system

Explanation:
As the German text already includes "sogenannte" (so-called), I'd translate as above. We'd need more context to be sure what this really means, though.

http://www2.igmetall.de/homepages/br-netzwerk-ba-wue/file_up... seems to indicate that this is a gradual system of employee co-determination in terms of how to deal with extra hours worked. http://www.aerzteblatt.de/v4/archiv/artikel.asp?id=31254 provides further evidence and a thorough explanation, saying that this is a "green/yellow/red" system applied to extra hours worked (or less hours worked than scheduled or stipulated by collective agreements).

In any case, the English would require an explanation / definition / footnote of what the Ampelregelung includes.

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Note added at 27 mins (2004-05-06 09:33:22 GMT)
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or rather \"green/***amber***/red\"

Steffen Walter
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 181

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Terry Gilman: I feel it's often better not to translate "sog." Here, the text refers to an established practice, the familiar traffic light system (variant: heat map), so-called could be read as a slur (as in: "the alleged 'CEO' of our company"); yellow is okay, too.
46 mins
  -> I see your point but this would ultimately depend on the degree of familiarity of the target audience.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
alert level rules

Explanation:
like they have in the US re the probability of terrorist attacks. They also work with a set of colors

gangels
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 55
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