HOW STRONG ARE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL’S AA RECOMMENDATIONS?

Sections 44 and 45 of the EEA empower the Director General (DG) to assess an employer’s AA compliance, to recommend to the employer steps that it should take in order to achieve AA compliance and to take the employer to the Labour Court if it fails to follow the DG’s recommendations. Where an employer is unable to convince the Director General that his recommendations are unreasonable does the employer have a recourse for avoiding the considerable time and cost of being taken to the Labour Court?