C3C2C1 Part 5Work
Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 27(5A)(b) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 9; S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))
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
Chapter 1Employment, etc.
Employment services
55Employment service-providers
1
A person (an “employment service-provider”) concerned with the provision of an employment service must not discriminate against a person—
a
in the arrangements the service-provider makes for selecting persons to whom to provide, or to whom to offer to provide, the service;
b
as to the terms on which the service-provider offers to provide the service to the person;
c
by not offering to provide the service to the person.
2
An employment service-provider (A) must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, discriminate against a person (B)—
a
as to the terms on which A provides the service to B;
b
by not providing the service to B;
c
by terminating the provision of the service to B;
d
by subjecting B to any other detriment.
3
An employment service-provider must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, harass—
a
a person who asks the service-provider to provide the service;
b
a person for whom the service-provider provides the service.
4
An employment service-provider (A) must not victimise a person (B)—
a
in the arrangements A makes for selecting persons to whom to provide, or to whom to offer to provide, the service;
b
as to the terms on which A offers to provide the service to B;
c
by not offering to provide the service to B.
5
An employment service-provider (A) must not, in relation to the provision of an employment service, victimise a person (B)—
a
as to the terms on which A provides the service to B;
b
by not providing the service to B;
c
by terminating the provision of the service to B;
d
by subjecting B to any other detriment.
6
A duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an employment service-provider, except in relation to the provision of a vocational service.
7
The duty imposed by section 29(7)(a) applies to a person concerned with the provision of a vocational service; but a failure to comply with that duty in relation to the provision of a vocational service is a contravention of this Part for the purposes of Part 9 (enforcement).
Pt. 5 excluded by 2005 c. 4, s. 63(4) (as inserted (15.7.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 10(3); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g))