Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Equal Opportunity Act 1995 - SECT 15

Discrimination against contract workers

15. Discrimination against contract workers



(1) A principal must not discriminate against a contract worker-

   (a)  in the terms on which the principal allows the contract worker to
        work;

   (b)  by not allowing the contract worker to work or continue to work;

   (c)  by denying or limiting access by the contract worker to any benefit
        connected with the work;

   (d)  by subjecting the contract worker to any other detriment.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done or omitted to be done by a
principal in relation to a contract worker that would not contravene this Act
if done or omitted to be done by the employer of that contract worker.

(3) In this section-

contract worker means a person who does work for a principal under a contract
between the person's employer and the principal;

principal means a person who contracts with another person for work to be done
by employees of the other person.