An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done for a prescribed reason.
A prescribed reason is one which is prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State and which relates to—
A reason prescribed under this section in relation to parental leave may relate to action which an employee takes, agrees to take or refuses to take under or in respect of a collective or workforce agreement.
Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.
An agency worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by the temporary work agency or the hirer done on the ground that—
the agency worker exercised (or proposed to exercise) that right or received (or sought to receive) that remuneration,
the agency worker exercised (or proposed to exercise) that right or received (or sought to receive) that remuneration, or
Subsection (5) does not apply where the agency worker is an employee.
In this section the following have the same meaning as in the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 ( S.I. 2010/93)—
"agency worker";
"hirer";
"temporary work agency".