Defendant objects to declaration of readiness…

I got this document from lawyers for my employer. Said “Defendant objects to Declaration of Readiness to Proceed.”They request that this matter remains off calendar, due to no periods of TTD are owed at this time, and an Expedited Hearing on this issue is unnecessary. I also received a court hearing date before I got this one. Question is, why don’t they want to proceed?? Seems like they would want this to be over as much as I do.