work to rule

Definitions

Commerce

• noun
  (written as work-to-rule)
  an act of working strictly according to the rules agreed between the union and management e.g. by not doing any overtime, as a protest

Economics

• noun
  (written as work-to-rule)
  a period of working strictly according to the rules agreed between the union and management and therefore very slowly, as a protest

Idiom

• work in a very minimal way, pausing for careful, lengthy and frequent reference to the rule-book, usually as a result of an industrial dispute

Nearby Definitions of “work to rule”

• work out
• work permit
• work-sharing
• work structuring
• work study
• work to rule
• workability
• workaround
• Workers' Compensation
• Workers' Compensation Principle
• workflow

Contexts for “work to rule”

3 definitions in context
• Commerce
• Economics
• Idiom