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Article

7 May 2014

Author:
Annamarya Scaccia, RH Reality Check (USA)

Stigma Drives Workplace Discrimination Against Workers Living With HIV [USA]

[D]iscrimination is a pervasive issue for the more than 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, occurring since the earliest days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, says Catherine Hanssens, executive director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy…[P]eople who are HIV-positive from “every imaginable kind of job”—including health care, food service, and law enforcement—have experienced workplace discrimination in one form or another, Hanssens says…Hanssens notes that HIV-positive workers who are in low-wage positions are most affected by workplace discrimination in terms of both economic security and judicial recourse…[Also refers to Butterball, Dollar General, Kaiser Permanente, Maxim Healthcare, McDonald’s, Popeye’s Chicken]