Lodging a response

To file a response, you must submit your response within 7 days of being served with the application.

• If you were served with a Form 22 - Application for a Stop Sexual Harassment Order and/or a Sexual Harassment Referral, you can submit your response by submitting either:
  • Form 22A - Employer/Principal Response to a Sexual Harassment Application or Referral
  • Form 22B - Individual Response to a Sexual Harassment Application or Referral

  • If the applicant in the Form 22 has both applied for a stop sexual harassment order and made a sexual harassment referral, you must lodge a separate response to the application for a stop sexual harassment order and a separate response to the sexual harassment referral.

• If you were served with a Form 14 - Application for an Order to Stop Bullying or Sexual Harassment (or Both), you can submit your response by submitting either:
  • Form 14A – Employer/Principal Response to an Application for an Order to Stop Bullying or Sexual Harassment (or Both)
  • Form 14B – Individual Response to an Application for an Order to Stop Bullying or Sexual Harassment (or Both)

in the Registry of the Commission in person, by online lodgment, by email or by post within 7 days of service of the application.

Filing a response gives you an opportunity to provide your reasons for opposing the application. For instance, if you believe that the application does not fall within the Commission's jurisdiction, you may contest the application on jurisdictional grounds.

You are not required to have a representative and can represent yourself. For information on representation and representing yourself, please click here.

What happens next?

• After you have filed your response, the Commission’s Registry will provide a copy to the applicant and a copy to you for your records.
• The matter will be allocated to a Commissioner, you will be contacted by the Commission and the matter will be listed for a conciliation conference.