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title: "Check notices before a collective-bargaining contract is terminated or modified"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/respond-to-an-application-to-terminate-an-expired-enterprise-agreement/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A15-S20261018-7-US"
practice_area: "Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check notices before a collective-bargaining contract is terminated or modified

> From the contract and the correspondence in the file, list any expiration date, the date of any written notice of termination or modification, any offer to meet, any notice to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | From the contract and the correspondence in the file, list any expiration date, the date of any written notice of termination or modification, any offer to meet, any notice to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and any notice to a state or territorial mediation agency. Do not write a response, and do not say that a tribunal may terminate the contract. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write any response. Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. § 158(d)) says that where a collective-bargaining contract is in effect in an industry affecting commerce, no party shall terminate or modify that contract unless it serves the written notice, offers to meet and confer, gives the mediation notices, and continues the existing terms without a strike or lock-out, for the periods the subsection states. The ordinary periods are sixty days' notice before expiration, or before the proposed time if the contract has no expiration date; notice to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service within thirty days after that notice, with simultaneous notice to any state or territorial agency; and continuation of terms for sixty days after the notice or until expiration, whichever is later. For employees of a health care institution the notice, the mediation notice, and the contract period are ninety days, sixty days, and ninety days. The duties in paragraphs (2) to (4) become inapplicable on an intervening certification under which the labor organisation or individual that is a party has been superseded or has ceased to be the representative. Section 9 was not opened. Flag a certification only if the file already contains one. An employee who strikes within a notice period specified in the subsection loses status as an employee of that employer for the purposes of sections 8, 9, and 10, until reemployed. The opened section does not provide an application to a tribunal to terminate an expired agreement. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Respond to an application to terminate an expired enterprise agreement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/respond-to-an-application-to-terminate-an-expired-enterprise-agreement.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the contract and the correspondence in the file, list any expiration date, the date of any written notice of termination or modification, any offer to meet, any notice to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and any notice to a state or territorial mediation agency. Do not write a response, and do not say that a tribunal may terminate the contract.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- If the contract has no expiration date, the written notice runs sixty days before the proposed termination or modification.
- Use the health-care periods only where the file says the employees are employees of a health care institution.
- The opened text does not create a tribunal application to terminate an expired agreement. A response that will be sent is yours.

## Sources

- [29 U.S.C. § 158, unfair labor practices](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/158) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [29 U.S.C. § 160, prevention of unfair labor practices](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/160) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*