Response to a WRC complaint.

From the complaint form to a full written submission, with the Act beside each point.

Ardvale & FinchSOLICITORS

Our ref KCS-2026-0002

Response to the complaint

The Respondent received the complaint form on 15 January 2027 Doc 1p. 1. It was presented within the time limit §Workplace Relations Act 2015, s. 41(6).

The Complainant was employed from CONFIRMstart date. The payslips and the contract give EYEStwo hourly rates.

The Respondent DECIDEadmits or disputes the unpaid hours.

What you give Clausa

The complaint form and the employer's documents
The dates that matter
Your instruction: what the client contests, complaint by complaint

What Clausa drafts

A summary by complaint code and Act
A chronology with sources
The preliminary points to decide
The full written submission
An index of documents
A witness list with each witness's point and questions
A letter to the client on the procedure

What Clausa never drafts

What a witness will say
The decision on time, status or jurisdiction
What to admit
Any settlement proposal
Any prediction of outcome

What you decide

Defences and preliminary points
Admissions
Mediation or settlement
Who gives evidence

Deadlines it tracks

Section 41(6) and (8) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015
Documents and submission 15 working days before the hearing
Section 44: 42 days for an appeal to the Labour Court

Source: each deadline shows its rule and the version date of the law, and starts unconfirmed.

This use case switches on for your firm after a solicitor in your firm reviews its templates. Rules and time limits are cited with their version date.

What you give Clausa

What Clausa drafts

What Clausa never drafts

What you decide

Deadlines it tracks

The first draft, from the file. Your signature on it.