Events for ETI Members - Advance Flyer

ETI Members' Roundtable
HIV / AIDS

Background:

At the ETI AGM in 2000, HIV/AIDS emerged as an issue of increasing importance to companies, particularly those with operations in Africa. It was clear that a greater awareness about the impact of the disease and how to deal with it in the workplace was required.

HIV/AIDS raises a wide range of issues which affect the workplace and the supporting community. These include:

• The impact of HIV/AIDS on the workforce and business.
• Discrimination and stigma.
• The workplace as an important point of focus for initiatives to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and to support people living with the disease.
• The need to garner international and national support and protection for children who are HIV/AIDS positive, in an economically and socially vulnerable position or orphaned as a result of the disease, and to remove them from the labour market.

Purpose:

The seminar will highlight some of the problems faced by business and trade unions, and will consider opportunities for co-operation and tackling HIV/AIDS in the workplace. It will examine the ILO's Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work. The Code is the product of collaboration between the ILO and its tripartite constituents - governments, business and trade unions. It provides valuable practical guidance to employers and trade unions for formulating appropriate workplace policies, prevention and care programmes and is an important contribution to the global effort to combat HIV/AIDS.

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