restrictive practice
noun [ C ]
UK ukus [ often plural ] HR, WORKPLACE
a limit placed by a trade union on the types of work that its members can do:
The union has imposed restrictive practices and is inflexible in its demands.
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE (also restrictive trade practice); (also restrictive business practice)
a business agreement between companies that controls prices or the areas in which goods are sold, preventing fair competition from other companies:
Most national competition policies still do not apply to restrictive business practices which solely attract foreign markets.