A large retail company responds to workers' demands by eliminating their hours and barring them from entry, effectively eliminating their wages until the employees capitulate to the new policies. This is an example of a

This is an example of a lockout.

Explanation:

A lockout refers to a stoppage of employment, carried out from the management side during a labor quarrel.

We can see the lockout methods carried out by the retail company in response to the workers' demands:

Elimination of hours and wages Ban from entry

Lockout

Explanation:

Lockout includes closing a place of employer, a suspension of work or a refusal by an employer to continue to employ a number of his or her employees, done to compel his or her employees or to aid another employer to compel his or her employees to agree to conditions of employment.