Work-to-rule is an industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace, and follow safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown rather than to serve their purpose. Industrial action (UK and Ireland or job action (US refers collectively to any measure taken by Trade unions or other organised labour meant to reduce Productivity Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. This is considered less disruptive than a strike or lockout; and just obeying the rules is less susceptible to disciplinary action. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. A lockout is a Work stoppage in which an Employer prevents employees from working Notable examples have included nurses refusing to answer telephones and high school teachers refusing to write recommendation letters for their students' college applications.

Sometimes the term "rule-book slowdown" is used in a slightly different sense than "work-to-rule": the former involves applying to the letter rules that are normally set aside or interpreted less literally to increase efficiency; the latter, refraining from activities which are customary but not required by rule or job description. A slowdown is an Industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties A job description is a list of the general tasks or functions and Responsibilities of a position But the terms may be used synonymously.

Sometimes work-to-rule can be considered malicious compliance by employers as they pursue legal action. Malicious compliance is a phrase used to describe the behavior of a person who intentionally inflicts harm by strictly following the orders of Management or following

In some languages (e. g. Russian) it is known as "Italian strike", as it is believed that it was first utilized in Italy in the mid-20th century. ^[1] In Italy, it is known as "sciopero bianco" or "white strike".

In popular culture

In the 2006 Corner Gas episode "Dog River Dave", the local police department works-to-rule, which ironically leads to them doing more work than they had been accustomed to. Corner Gas is a Canadian Television sitcom created by Brent Butt and airing on CTV and in the United States on WGN This is a list of Corner Gas episodes. So far Season 1 to 4 are available on DVD

References

• Work To Rule: What Does It Mean? strike information, Public Service Alliance of Canada BC, psacbc. com
• work to rule encyclopedia, www. tiscali. co. uk
• Work-to-rule organise, libcom. org

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