Section 41 — Contract workers
This version in force from 2010-10-01
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(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).