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work rule

work rule noun: a stipulation in a contract that limits how managers may direct workers.

Noun

work rule (plural work rules)

  1. A stipulation in a contract that limits how managers may direct workers.
    • Although Rigoglioso paints the union as an outside third party which can arbitrarily impose workrules, the ultimate power of any union is with the people in the workplace.1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Forms of work rule

pluralwork rules
alternative formworkrule

Questions about work rule

What does work rule mean?
Work rule means a stipulation in a contract that limits how managers may direct workers.
What part of speech is work rule?
Work rule is a noun.
What is the plural of work rule?
The plural of work rule is work rules.

Words near work rule in the dictionary

  1. work product
  2. work rage
  3. work release
  4. work releases
  5. work round
  6. work rule
  7. work rules
  8. work shadowing
  9. work shift
  10. work shifts
  11. work shoe

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