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1 Refusal of employment on grounds related to union membership.E+W+S
(1)It is unlawful to refuse a person employment—
(a)because he is, or is not, a member of a trade union, or
(b)because he is unwilling to accept a requirement—
(i)to take steps to become or cease to be, or to remain or not to become, a member of a trade union, or
(ii)to make payments or suffer deductions in the event of his not being a member of a trade union.
(2)A person who is thus unlawfully refused employment has a right of complaint to an industrial tribunal.
(3)Where an advertisement is published which indicates, or might reasonably be understood as indicating—
(a)that employment to which the advertisement relates is open only to a person who is, or is not, a member of a trade union, or
(b)that any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) will be imposed in relation to employment to which the advertisement relates,
a person who does not satisfy that condition or, as the case may be, is unwilling to accept that requirement, and who seeks and is refused employment to which the advertisement relates, shall be conclusively presumed to have been refused employment for that reason.
(4)Where there is an arrangement or practice under which employment is offered only to persons put forward or approved by a trade union, and the trade union puts forward or approves only persons who are members of the union, a person who is not a member of the union and who is refused employment in pursuance of the arrangement or practice shall be taken to have been refused employment because he is not a member of the trade union.
(5)A person shall be taken to be refused employment if he seeks employment of any description with a person and that person—
(a)refuses or deliberately omits to entertain and process his application or enquiry, or
(b)causes him to withdraw or cease to pursue his application or enquiry, or
(c)refuses or deliberately omits to offer him employment of that description, or
(d)makes him an offer of such employment the terms of which are such as no reasonable employer who wished to fill the post would offer and which is not accepted, or
(e)makes him an offer of such employment but withdraws it or causes him not to accept it.
(6)Where a person is offered employment on terms which include a requirement that he is, or is not, a member of a trade union, or any such requirement as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and he does not accept the offer because he does not satisfy or, as the case may be, is unwilling to accept that requirement, he shall be treated as having been refused employment for that reason.
(7)The provisions of this section apply in relation to an employment agency acting, or purporting to act, on behalf of an employer as in relation to an employer.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1(3) excluded by S. I. 1990/2378, art. 4(2)
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