WRC rejects Pennys discrimination complaint over missing notification

The Workplace Relations Commission found it had no jurisdiction to hear Briama Gassama’s Equal Status complaint against Pennys, saying he had not met the required notification rules. The decision was dated 31 May 2022. Gassama said staff failed to intervene when another customer verbally abused him in the store and that a manager later refused to hear his complaint. Pennys denied discrimination and said it had not received the required written notification before the WRC referral. The adjudication officer found Gassama had not produced evidence of an ES1 notification and had confused it with the WRC complaint form. The merits were not decided.