Spanish customs
Also found in: Idioms.(redirected from Old Spanish customs)
Spanish customs
or Spanish practices
pl n (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc. Also called: old Spanish customs or old Spanish practices
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References in periodicals archive
They claim these are vital to get rid of "
old Spanish customs" which cost them a packet.
Sympathy for the print workers has been qualified by their long attachment to overmanning and their devotion to what is known along the Street of Shame as "
old Spanish customs," featuring wage packets made out to M.
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