Chapter 10
Code of Good Practice on HIV/AIDS and Employment
The Department of Employment and Labour has published a Code of Good Practice on Key aspects of HIV and Employment. This Code gives employers and trade unions guidelines to ensure that HIV-positive people are not unfairly discriminated against in the workplace. This includes provisions dealing with:
- Creating a non-discriminatory work environment
- HIV testing, confidentiality and disclosure
- Providing equitable employee benefits
- Dismissals
- Managing grievance procedures
The Code also provides guidelines for employers, employees and trade unions on how to manage HIV/AIDS in the workplace. For a copy of the Code, go to the website: www.labour.gov.za; click on ‘Resource Centre’; click on Codes of Good Practice’; click on ‘Employment Equity’, then on the specific Code of Good Practice.