"overtime ban" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overtime bans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} overtime ban (plural overtime bans)
  1. A type of industrial action, in which the workers collectively refuse to work overtime. Wikipedia link: overtime ban Related terms: ban overtime [verb] Translations (refusal to work overtime): ylityökielto (Finnish), övertidsblockad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overtime_ban-en-noun-yyr8IPir Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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