What changes the answer
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
Whether an enterprise union exists
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for whether an enterprise union exists?
Union status can trigger consultation, notice or collective-process obligations.
Local union/federation practice
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for local union/federation practice?
Union status can trigger consultation, notice or collective-process obligations.
Type of workplace rule/change
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for type of workplace rule/change?
Type of workplace rule/change can change the applicable legal route, evidence requirement, timing or responsible entity.
Collective agreement
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for collective agreement?
Collective agreement can change the applicable legal route, evidence requirement, timing or responsible entity.
Termination/layoff process
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for termination/layoff process?
Termination/layoff process can change the applicable legal route, evidence requirement, timing or responsible entity.
Prepare before you escalate
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
01Union/employee-representative recordsEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by union/employee-representative records.
02Handbook/rule-making consultation recordsEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by handbook/rule-making consultation records.
03Collective contract if anyConfirm the parties, legal basis, scope, price and operative obligations.
04Termination/layoff planEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by termination/layoff plan.
05Local union correspondenceEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by local union correspondence.
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.
Sources last checked:
Labor Contract LawNational People’s Congress
Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration LawNational People’s Congress
Social Insurance LawNational People’s Congress
Supreme People’s Court labor-dispute interpretationsSupreme People’s Court
MOHRSS current rules/noticesMinistry of Human Resources and Social Security