In labor relations, a continuing institutional relationship between an employer and a labor organization representing a defined group of employees and concerned with the negotiation, administration, interpretation, and enforcement of written agreements concerning joint understandings as to wages, rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment.
The process of negotiation regarding compensation, working conditions, benefits, and other matters, between an employer and an organization representing the employees. In collective bargaining, the employees may be represented by a union or by some other form of association.
A negotiation between an employer and employee representatives, e.g., between a health care facility and one of its employee unions.