Section 55 — Equality Act 2010: Employment service-providers

Employment service-providers 55 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).