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Review the rules on complaint escalation to Ombudsmen/ADR in all industries

Submitted by Szabina Kutasy on Thursday 14th November 2024

Published on Tuesday 4th February 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 4th August 2025

Signatures: 19

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Busy ~ FRAME ~ Offered ~ Ombudsman ~ position ~ Positions ~ Reduced ~ Rejected ~ Repeat ~ Reviewed ~ Rule ~ Unreasonable ~ weeks

Petition Action

Review the rules on complaint escalation to Ombudsmen/ADR in all industries

Petition Details

We think the review should consider whether businesses with "No resolution" offered to customers should pay a lumpsum for complaint escalation to the Ombudsman/ADR; and whether the time frame for businesses for complaint handling should be reduced to 4 weeks.

Additional Information

The review should also consider and whether the rule of rejection of repeat complaints should be demolished.

We feel some businesses take large advantage on the existence of Ombudsmen/ADR and do not properly deal with complaints, leaving customers in a disadvantageous position with a lot of distress. We think the timeframe for businesses’ complaint handling, which is usually 8 weeks, is also very unreasonable to wait for "no viable outcomes". Currently if a problem is a repeat issue, Ombudsmen/ADR would reject dealing with the complaint, which we think causes further distress to customers. With a lumpsum paid to the Ombudsman/ADR by businesses each time, we think they would think twice.


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