As a manager what are the key questions you would need to consider when faced with a claim by a Trade Union for collective bargaining rights?

As a manager what are the key questions you would need to consider when faced with a claim by a Trade Union for collective bargaining rights? This essay shall lend itself to the identification of U.K collective bargaining rights, an initiative the author intends to link to Trade Unions and the Employment Relations Act (2004). Once the aforementioned has been clearly highlighted, the essay shall concern itself with the identification and comparison of alternative bargaining …

…that need to be considered. We have seen through the essay that various stances for each of the discussed collective bargaining aspects, that is, level, unit, scope and form, offer various advantages and disadvantages to the company. It was mentioned earlier in the essay that should a company chose not to negotiate with a trade union, they may well still be forced to announce the negotiation of a new code of conduct through social intervention.