Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
See my post above.
The HRC have zero rights to take any action.
They will however, agree to facilitate a conciliation on the matter, only if the HRC commissioner believes that the employer is stretching the laws. Once
the employer fails to reply then it all ends.
The only compelling reason I can see for the employer to respond in any way, is to defend themselves early on so that when (if) it does to go a court, then they will have been seen to be attempting to participate and this try to defend any bad press if they lose.
I said
"If you believe you have a case, then you have every right to make a complaint". I did NOT say that it would achieve anything!