Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

277.   Employment agencies

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    (1)   It is unlawful for an employment agency to discriminate against a person on the grounds set out in section 267(2)—

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      (a)     by refusing to provide that person with any of its services; or

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      (b)     in the terms on which it offers to provide that person with any of its services; or

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      (c)     in the manner in which it provides that person with any of its services; or

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      (d)     in any other manner in which it facilitates the hire or employment of that person.

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    (2)   This section does not apply if the discrimination concerns employment which the employer could lawfully refuse to offer that person.

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    (3)   An employment agency shall not be liable under this section if it proves—

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      (a)     that it acted in reliance on a statement made to it by an employer to the effect that, by reason of the operation of subsection (2), its actions would not be lawful; and

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      (b)     that it was reasonable for it to rely on the statement.

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    (4)   An employer, who makes a statement referred to in subsection (3)(a) which is false or misleading in a material respect, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.