C1Part 5Work
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Employees
41Contract workers
1
A principal must not discriminate against a contract worker—
a
as to the terms on which the principal allows the worker to do the work;
b
by not allowing the worker to do, or to continue to do, the work;
c
in the way the principal affords the worker access, or by not affording the worker access, to opportunities for receiving a benefit, facility or service;
d
by subjecting the worker to any other detriment.
2
A principal must not, in relation to contract work, harass a contract worker.
3
A principal must not victimise a contract worker—
a
as to the terms on which the principal allows the worker to do the work;
b
by not allowing the worker to do, or to continue to do, the work;
c
in the way the principal affords the worker access, or by not affording the worker access, to opportunities for receiving a benefit, facility or service;
d
by subjecting the worker to any other detriment.
4
A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to a principal (as well as to the employer of a contract worker).
5
A “principal” is a person who makes work available for an individual who is—
a
employed by another person, and
b
supplied by that other person in furtherance of a contract to which the principal is a party (whether or not that other person is a party to it).
6
“Contract work” is work such as is mentioned in subsection (5).
7
A “contract worker” is an individual supplied to a principal in furtherance of a contract such as is mentioned in subsection (5)(b).
Pt. 5 applied (1.8.2011) by the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1771), regs. 3-5