13RNotice extending time limit for employer’s decisions about pay equity claim

1. Despite section 13PA(2)(a), an employer may, by notice to the claimant, extend the time limit for making and notifying the employer’s decisions under sections 13PB and 13Q if the employer has reasonable grounds for requiring the extension.

2. A notice extending the time limit may be given once only and must—

3. be given as soon as is reasonably practicable and not later than 60 working days after the employer receives the claim; and
4. specify the extended date by which the employer will notify the claimant of the employer’s decision; and
5. set out the grounds for requiring the extension.

6. A notice extending the time limit must not extend the time limit by more than—

7. 20 working days in the case of a claim raised with a single employer; or
8. 80 working days in the case of a claim raised with multiple employers, unless all parties agree to a longer extension.

9. This section is subject to sections 13PB(6) and 13ZZAA in the circumstances to which those provisions apply.