Time off for Euro 2012 is not an issue

Euro 2012 starts on Friday. Two years ago, before the last world cup, articles were being written about whether employers should allow employees time off to watch the games (legally there is no obligation to do this). England's first match is against France and is scheduled to kick off at 1700 hours BST on Monday 11 June. This means that the working day may be eaten into by employees who want to slope off early to watch the match. So why no articles on this topic? I would suggest that it is probably due to one of the following reasons:-

1) The England v France match is the only game that England will play that will take place during normal working hours so it is not worth worrying about.

2) 1700 hours is normally at the end of the working day so it is probably not that much of an issue.

3) Nobody seems to expect England to do very well in this tournament so there are potentially very few people who care.

Alternatively it may be the case that these types of articles are being used for the Olympics!