Section 41 — Equality Act 2010: Contract workers

Contract workers 41 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).