Who is protected

The EA 10 provides individual rights at work to job applicants, employees, ex-employees, workers (including casual and zero hours contract workers and migrant domestic workers), apprentices, temporary agency workers, employed agency workers, most freelancers, police officers, partners, members of a limited liability partnership, barristers and office holders.

A limited company (for example, a worker’s personal service company) can claim direct discrimination (but not victimisation) under the EA 10 in some circumstances (see page 32).

The position of workers who do not have the right to work in the UK is explained on page 32.