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The expression '''"Gylian practices"''' ({{wpl|French language|French}}: ''Pratiques gyliennes'') is used in [[Tyran]] to refer to irregular or restrictive practices in workers' interests. The term is associated with [[Gylias]] due to its [[Economy of Gylias#Labour|strong labour movement]] and [[Economy of Gylias|market socialist economy]].

==History==
The expression emerged after Gylian independence, and was increasingly used starting in the 1980s.

Usage of the expression spread partly through [[Delkora]]n and [[Acrea]]n influence, both through political rhetoric and economic publications. One analyst commented that the phrase acknowledges Gylias' position at "the extreme end of the {{wpl|labour rights}} spectrum in [[Tyran]]."

==Types==
[[Economy of Gylias|Gylias' economy]] is based on {{wpl|workers' self-management}} and has one of the highest {{wpl|trade union|unionisation}} rates and lowest average {{wpl|working hours}} per year in Tyran, thus furthering the association between Gylias and worker-friendly irregular practices.

Many "Gylian practices" have emerged as implied elements of work, particularly in industries like {{wpl|printing}} or {{wpl|shipyard}}s, and then spread to become the norm elsewhere. Main types include:
* Allowing workers to go home before the end of their shift if they have completed their scheduled work.
* Negotiable paid overtime within normal working hours after completing scheduled work, regardless of remaining working hours.
* Automatic overtime pay if production reaches a certain level regardless of remaining working hours.
* No overlap between functions in the same workplace.
* Overtime pay to cover absence of colleagues.

==Implications==
''[[The Economic Journal]]'' described "Gylian practices" as the labour manifestation of ''[[gehenta]]''.

[[Delkora]]n economist [[Greta Birk]] writes that "it's impossible to discuss 'Gylian practices' without discussing the most important element: the [[Institute for the Protection of Leisure]]." The IPL's work in harnessing automation specifically to reduce working hours has played a great role in the development of "Gylian practices", as has the [[Economy of Gylias#Cooperatives|cooperativisation]] of the economy, resulting in the norm of profits being distributed to workers as {{wpl|social dividend}}s.

===Foreign perception===
The expression has been used both in pejorative and positive senses. On the {{wpl|political spectrum}}, pejorative use of the phrase generally occurs on the {{wpl|right-wing politics|right-wing}}, and positive use of the phrase generally occurs on the {{wpl|left-wing politics|left-wing}}.

It has contributed to a stereotype of Gylians as "lazy" and {{wpl|refusal of work|"slackers"}}.

Some {{wpl|national trade union centre}}s, particularly in the [[Common Sphere]], hold a positive opinon of "Gylian practices" and have mounted industrial action to win similar arrangements, including the [[Akashi]]an [[General Council of Trade Unions of Akashi|Sōhyō]] and [[Delkora]]n [[General Labor Confederation of Delkora|LO]].

In [[Syara]], the National Labour Alliance (Национална алијанса за труд, ''Nacionalna alijansa za trud'') has cited Gylian practices as inspiration for proposed reforms to Syaran labour laws.

[[Category:Economy of Gylias]]