Weekly issue 15

News in brief

Acas (the Government’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) has published its Gender Equality Scheme which is now available online.
NEW GUIDES FROM ACAS

Victimising the victims

Section 4 of the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act says that victimising someone for bringing a claim under the Equal Pay Act is, in itself, a discriminatory act.

Dominant worker

Under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (NMWA), a worker is defined as an individual who has a contract “to perform personally any work or services for another party to the contract”, as long as that other party is not a customer of the worker’s business.