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When an Employee Has AIDS

NCJ Number
116620
Author(s)
V Schachter; T E Geidt
Date Published
1989
Length
136 pages
Annotation
This guide identifies legal issues and answers practical questions to help managers respond to AIDS-related issues in the workplace.
Abstract
Medical facts about AIDS are presented, including its history, cause and course, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and transmission. Federal, State, and City laws and court decisions on handicap discrimination and AIDS and equal employment opportunity are reviewed; and employer defenses to discrimination charges are examined. State tort and contract claims available to persons with AIDS are reviewed, including wrongful discharge, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, and retaliatory discharge. Statutory protections available to persons with AIDS are analyzed, including privacy and confidentiality legislation, labor laws, occupational safety and health acts, workers' compensation and unemployment benefit regulations, and collective bargaining agreements. Management strategies for AIDS issues are delineated in the areas of company commitment, company philosophy and policy, employee education, crisis intervention, confidentiality, and union relations. Common management questions and answers are provided. Appendixes include Centers for Disease Control guidelines, a sample policy statement, excerpts from AIDS legislation and caselaw regarding discrimination, and Office of Personnel Management guidelines. See NCJ-116621 and NCJ-116622 for individual chapters.