work-to-rule
nounEtymology
Deverbal from work to rule.
Definitions
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a…
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
Of or pertaining to such a protest.
- Disgruntled by chronic staff shortages, doctors threatened a “work-to-rule” action at the East London Hospital Complex by the end of this week.
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