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).