Part 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).