AIDS : Need for Policy in the Workplace

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
AIDS : Need for Policy in the Workplace
Abstract
This paper deals with the workplace implications resulting from the incidence of AIDS for employers, AIDS victims, and coworkers of AIDS virus sufferers in North America. It discusses myths and misconceptions about AIDS as well as the medical facts and the legal aspects of the AIDS controversy. It examines the role of human resource management specialists in handling AIDS concerns, such as testing job applicants, terminating employees with the AIDS virus, developing educational programmes, and writing policy statements. Finally, it makes recommendations on how to effectively deal with the AIDS crisis in workplace settings.
Publication
Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
850-865
Date
1989
ISSN
0034-379X
Short Title
AIDS
Citation
Jain, H. C. (1989). AIDS : Need for Policy in the Workplace. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 44(4), 850–865. http://www.erudit.org/revue/ri/1989/v44/n4/050537ar.html?vue=resume