Despite considerable opposition to its proposals, the Government intends to continue with its plans to repeal the power of employment tribunals to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases and to abolish the procedure for obtaining information through Questionnaires. This will leave businesses free to decide how and whether they respond to any enquiries from employees at the pre-issue stage or during the course of proceedings, and if so, whether the risk in not responding to an employee's enquiries is significant.
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