# Equality Act 2010, Section 55: Employment service-providers


(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010/section-55
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