work rule

English

Alternative forms

• workrule

Noun

work rule (plural work rules)

1. A stipulation in a contract that limits how managers may direct workers.
   • 1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     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.