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Article

10 Nov 2008

Author:
Jamaica Gleaner

Pressure on House to reject HIV pretesting [Jamaica]

Parlimentarians reviewing the Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS are being encouraged not to allow organisations to pretest potential employees for HIV…Last week, Minister of Water and Housing Horace Chang and Opposition Senator Sandrea Falconer said it was the right of the employer to pretest recruits for HIV/AIDS…But…HIV support groups say allowing employers to pretest for HIV/AIDS is a contravention of the International Labour Organisation Code of Practice on HIV and the World of Work/ UNAIDS guidelines…