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work-to-rule en · ADJ
Etymology
Deverbal from work to rule.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
2008 June 11, “EL doctors threaten ‘work to rule’ action”, in Dispatch Online, South Africa, retrieved 26 Jun 2008:
Forms
work-to-rule en · NOUN
Etymology
Deverbal from work to rule.
Meanings
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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.
Forms
Translations (11)
fi italialainen lakko (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · fr grève du zèle (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · nl stiptheidsactie (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · fi hidastuslakko (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · es huelga de celo (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · nl modelactie (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · pl strajk włoski (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · nb dagsing (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · zh 按章工作 (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · de Dienst nach Vorschrift (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out) · it sciopero bianco (labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out)