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work-to-rule

industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract
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work-to-rule

Summary

work-to-rule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • work-to-rule's GND ID is recorded as 4149732-6[2].
  • work-to-rule's subclass of is recorded as industrial action[3].
  • work-to-rule's said to be the same as is recorded as quiet quitting[4].
  • work-to-rule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05zr7z[5].
  • work-to-rule's partially coincident with is recorded as slowdown[6].
  • work-to-rule's partially coincident with is recorded as malicious compliance[7].

Why It Matters

work-to-rule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[1] work-to-rule has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] work-to-rule is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). work-to-rule. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/work-to-rule
MLA “work-to-rule.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/work-to-rule.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_work-to-rule_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{work-to-rule}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/work-to-rule}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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