work-to-rule

See also: work to rule

English

Deverbal from work to rule.

work-to-rule (plural work-to-rules)

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.

A work-to-rule job action is a less severe form of labor protest than a strike, in which employees refuse to do any work.

labor protest in which the minimum work is carried out

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 按章工作 (ànzhānggōngzuò)
Dutch: stiptheidsactie (nl) f (literally “accuracy action”), modelactie (nl) f (literally “model action”), ^{(please verify)} langzaamaanactie (nl) f (literally “slow-down action”)
Finnish: hidastuslakko (literally “slow-down strike”), italialainen lakko (fi) (literally “Italian strike”)
French: grève du zèle (fr) f (literally “zeal strike”), ^{(please verify)} grève perlée (fr) f (literally “pearled strike”)
German: Dienst nach Vorschrift m (literally “service according to regulation”)
Greek: λευκή απεργία (el) f (lefkí apergía, literally “white strike”)
Italian: sciopero bianco m (literally “white strike”)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} サボタージュ (ja) (sabotāju), ^{(please verify)} サボタージ (sabotāji), ^{(please verify)} サボ (sabo)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dagsing (no) m or f
Polish: strajk włoski (pl) m (literally “Italian strike”)
Russian: италья́нская забасто́вка (ru) f (italʹjánskaja zabastóvka, literally “Italian strike”)
Spanish: huelga de celo f (literally “zeal strike”)
Ukrainian: італі́йський страйк m (italíjsʹkyj strajk, literally “Italian strike”)

work-to-rule (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to such a protest.
- 2008 June 11, “EL doctors threaten ‘work to rule’ action”, in Dispatch Online‎^[1], South Africa, retrieved 26 June 2008:
  Disgruntled by chronic staff shortages, doctors threatened a “work-to-rule” action at the East London Hospital Complex by the end of this week.