work-to-rule

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from work to rule.

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. 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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