USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A lockout is a company’s response to workers who are disputing conditions or planning a strike. During a lockout, managers don’t allow workers to come to work until they agree to the company’s terms of employment. A lockout is sort of the opposite of a strike.

Detailed explanation-2: -A lockout is a work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labour dispute. In contrast to a strike, in which employees refuse to work, a lockout is initiated by employers or industry owners.

Detailed explanation-3: -1) A strike is when employees in a certain industry stop working to compel them to satisfy certain demands. 1) A lockout occurs when an employer closes the workplace temporarily, suspends operations, or terminates the employment of a group of people who were previously employed.

Detailed explanation-4: -A lockout is a temporary, employer-initiated work stoppage in which employees are prohibited from returning to work when a contract expires and there’s no replacement contract.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. Lock-out is temporary; retrenchment is permanent. Retrenchment results in complete severance of industrial relationship between an employer and an employee; while lock-out keeps this relationship alive even during the cessation of work.