---
title: "Draft a collective-bargaining proposal from the employer's instructions"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/draft-the-enterprise-or-collective-agreement-and-a-better-off-comparison/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A14-T1-R5-US"
practice_area: "Employment & Workplace Relations (incl. WHS)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Draft a collective-bargaining proposal from the employer's instructions

> Draft the proposal from the wages, hours and other terms the lawyer marks as open, with a square-bracket gap for any term not marked. Do not state that the other side must accept it.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Employment & Workplace Relations (incl. WHS)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Draft the proposal from the wages, hours and other terms the lawyer marks as open, with a square-bracket gap for any term not marked. Do not state that the other side must accept it. |
| What the lawyer must review | 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(5): it is an unfair labor practice for an employer to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of the employees, subject to § 159(a). Section 158(d): to bargain collectively is the mutual obligation to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising under it, and to execute a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if either party asks. The obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require a concession. The section goes on to conditions for terminating or modifying a contract. You open those conditions, and you open § 159(a), before you describe who must be bargained with or how a contract is ended. You check every line of the proposal. It is not a demand that the representative concede. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft the enterprise or collective agreement and a better-off comparison table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/employment-and-workplace-relations/draft-the-enterprise-or-collective-agreement-and-a-better-off-comparison.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Draft the proposal from the wages, hours and other terms the lawyer marks as open, with a square-bracket gap for any term not marked. Do not state that the other side must accept it.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Good faith does not require agreement. Do not write the proposal as if it did.
- The contract-termination conditions in § 158(d) were not set out here. Open them before a notice to terminate is sent.

## Sources

- [29 U.S.C. § 158 (unfair labor practices)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/158) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application to deal with a dispute under a dispute settlement procedure (Form F10)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f10-dispute-settlement.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Fair Work Commission Form F10. The forms table lists it against section 739 for a dispute the instrument allows the Commission to deal with. |
| [Application for approval of an enterprise agreement (Form F16)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/employment-and-workplace-relations/form-fwc-f16-approve-enterprise-agreement.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Fair Work Commission Form F16, the application for approval of a single or multi-enterprise agreement other than a greenfields agreement. The forms table cites section 185. |

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