| Document ID (ISN) | 56157 |
| CIS number |
91-1017 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0020-7780 - International Labour Review - Revue internationale du Travail - Revista internacional del trabajo |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Trebilcock A.M. |
| Title |
AIDS and the workplace - Some policy pointers from international labour standards |
| Original title |
Le SIDA et le lieu de travail - Les orientations que suggèrent les normes de l'OIT [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
1989, Vol.128, No.1, p.29-45. 57 ref. |
| Abstract |
The increasingly devastating effects of HIV/AIDS on the working population confront governments and employers' and workers' organisations with an urgent need to devise and implement policies on HIV/AIDS and employment. The joint WHO/ILO Statement from the Consultation on AIDS and the Workplace now offers useful guidelines. The author explores how those guidelines reflect principles already established in ILO Conventions and Recommendations on the elimination of discrimination, protection in relation to termination of employment, special measures for the disabled, occupational health and safety and collective bargaining. She stresses the important role international standards can play in the search for a policy that is both reasonable and humane. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ILO; WHO; international agreements; immunodeficiency syndrome; workplaces |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational safety and health; labour-management relations; discriminatory practices; virus diseases; handicapped workers; infectious diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
HIV/AIDS
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
|
