Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/Aids and Employment
13. Management of HIV in the Workplace

1.        The effective management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace requires an integrated strategy that includes, amongst others, the following elements:

1.        An understanding and assessment of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the workplace; and

2.        Long and short term measures to deal with and reduce this impact, including:

i)         An HIV/AIDS Policy for the workplace

ii)        HIV/AIDS Programmes, which would incorporate:

a)       Ongoing sustained prevention of the spread of HIV among employees and their communities;

b)       Management of employees with HIV so that they are able to work productively for as long as possible; and

c)       Strategies to deal with the direct and indirect costs of HIV/AIDS in the workplace.