AIDS in the Workplace: Legal Questions and Practical AnswersLexington Books, 1993 - 422 páginas Health experts estimate that one million people in the United States are HIV positive, but new medical treatments allow many to work for years after contracting the AIDS virus. Drawing on the most comprehensive and up-to-date information now available on the complex legal and ethical issues related to AIDS, attorney William F. Banta explains employers', employees', and applicants' rights and responsibilities as defined by the new Americans with Disabilities Act, OSHA, COBRA, the National Labor Relations Act, state and local laws, arbitration awards, and the Centers for Disease Control. He clarifies the complex issues of hiring, firing, insuring, and testing applicants and employees with the AIDS virus. More than any other group of employees, physicians, nurses, dentists, and other health care workers have generated concern about transmitting or acquiring HIV on the job. While the risk of actual infection is very low for medical practitioners, and even more remote for patients, health care employers should develop policies and procedures to guide them through complex and sensitive situations and limit their liability in the event of a legal challenge. They must balance the infected employee's right to work against the obligation to protect the patient. They must weigh the obligation to treat infected patients against the right of employees to safe working conditions. They must consider the right of an employee or patient to know the HIV condition of the other, as well as the infected person's right to confidentiality. William Banta cuts through the medical, legal, and ethical morass to analyze these matters with clarity. The extensive appendix of laws and regulations, governmentrecommendations, checklists, and sample policies will assist readers in developing or evaluating their own workplace procedures. Workers who are HIV positive, managers, union officials, attorneys, and physicians, will find valuable advice on one of the most urgent problems of the 1990s. |
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AIDS in the Workplace General Considerations | 5 |
Social Considerations | 6 |
Ethical Considerations | 18 |
Legal Considerations | 21 |
Business Concerns | 25 |
Federal Laws | 30 |
Americans with Disabilities Act | 31 |
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 45 |
US Public Health Service Summary of Recommendations | 215 |
OSHA Worker Exposure to AIDS and Hepatitis B | 216 |
OSHA Proposed Rule on Hepatitis B and HIV AIDS Virus | 221 |
OSHA Amended Proposed Rules | 229 |
CDC Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of HIV Hepatitis B Virus and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in HealthCare Settings | 240 |
OSHA Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health Care Settings | 245 |
CDC Guidelines for Health Care Workers | 260 |
American Hospital Association 1992 Review OSHAs Final Bloodborne Pathogens Standard | 266 |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | 54 |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act | 56 |
Occupational Safety and Health Act | 59 |
National Labor Relations Act | 61 |
Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses | 69 |
COBRA | 71 |
State and Local Laws | 72 |
States | 73 |
Cities | 87 |
EmploymentatWill | 88 |
Multiple Claims | 89 |
Jurisdiction or Coverage | 90 |
Potential Remedies | 91 |
Public Health Laws | 93 |
Insurance | 94 |
Unions Arbitration and Compensation | 98 |
Labor Arbitration | 102 |
Workers Compensation | 107 |
Unemployment Compensation | 109 |
Testing for HIV | 110 |
Types of Tests | 112 |
Arguments Pro and Con | 114 |
One Companys Testing Policy | 121 |
How to Implement Testing policies | 122 |
Conclusions | 123 |
AIDS and Health Care Conflicting Interests of Employer Employee and Patient | 125 |
Safety Aspects | 128 |
Legal Issues | 130 |
Segregate or Integrate? | 133 |
Conflict of Interests | 134 |
Aids and Health Care Protecting the Patient | 136 |
Practice Restriction | 140 |
Right to Know | 143 |
Proposed Policies | 146 |
Patient Legal Claims | 150 |
Aids and Health Care Protecting the Provider | 153 |
Testing Patients | 164 |
Universal and Special Precautions | 169 |
Duty to Disclose Patient Status to Employees | 176 |
Responding to Employees Potentially Infected with HIV | 180 |
Medical Records | 185 |
Policy Checklist | 188 |
Conclusions | 191 |
Analyzing AIDS Problems Preventing and Defending AIDS Claims | 193 |
Prevention of AIDS Claims | 200 |
Defenses to AIDS Claims | 204 |
Employer Policies and Procedures | 208 |
Conclusion | 211 |
US Government Rules Enforcement Procedures Guidelines and Other Information on AIDS | 213 |
OSHA Bloodborne Facts | 273 |
B Personal Protective Equipment Cuts Risk | 274 |
C Holding the line on Contamination | 276 |
D Reporting Exposure Incidents | 277 |
Legal Documents Pertaining to AIDS | 279 |
Americans with Disabilities Act Title IEmployment | 281 |
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act | 288 |
Checklist for Determining Whether an Employer Is a Federal Government Contractor | 328 |
Section 503 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 329 |
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | 330 |
OFCCP Directive On AIDS | 331 |
Letter from Plaintiff Attorney to an Employer Threatening to File Suit in an AIDS Situation | 337 |
Federal Court Complaint Alleging Illegal Discrimination Against an Employee in an AIDS Situation | 339 |
State Court Lawsuit Requesting Damages for Discharge after the Plaintiff was Diagnosed as Having AIDS | 343 |
State Court Complaint by ACLU against Employer for Firing Employee with AIDS | 346 |
Sample Complaint to be Filed in Federal Court by an Employee with an AIDS Condition Against Union and Employer | 349 |
Sample Unfair Labor Practice Charge to Be Filed with the NLRB by an Employee with AIDS against His Union | 352 |
Health Care Materials Policies Forms Guidelines and Checklists | 353 |
Sample Policy HIV Patients and Personnel | 355 |
Sample Policy Hospital Personnel Infected with HIV | 357 |
Sample Policy Dealing with Applicants and Employees Having HIV ARC and AIDS | 359 |
Sample Policy Assisting Employees with LifeThreatening Illness | 362 |
Sample Policy AIDS Conditions | 365 |
Personnel PostExposure Policy and Procedures | 366 |
Checklist of Items To Be Communicated to Employees Occupationally Exposed to the HIV Virus | 368 |
Counseling Guidelines for Employees with HIV | 369 |
Health Care Workers Exposure to HIV FollowUp Forms | 371 |
Sample Policy Caring for the AIDS Patient | 375 |
Sample Patient Consent Form for HIV Testing | 378 |
Sample Patient Consent Form for HIV Testing | 379 |
Sample Patient Consent Form for HIV Testing | 380 |
Patient HIV Test Consent FormEmployee Exposure | 381 |
Employee HIV Test Consent Form | 382 |
Patient Authorization for Disclosure of the Results of the HIV Antibody Blood Test | 383 |
American Hospital Association Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Infections within Hospitals | 385 |
Sample Posters for Educating Employees | 390 |
Employer Policies Procedures and Checklists | 391 |
Sample Policy Rule and Policy Pertaining to Infectious or Communicable Diseases | 393 |
Sample Policy Infectious or Communicable Diseases | 395 |
Sample Policy AIDS Conditions | 396 |
Sample Policy BankAmericaAssisting Employees with LifeThreatening Illnesses | 398 |
Sample Policy ABC Restaurant | 400 |
Alternative Provisions for Employee Handbooks Concerning AIDS | 402 |
Checklist Steps for an Employer to Take Concerning an Employee with an AIDS Condition | 403 |
Employee Consent for HIV Testing | 404 |
Acknowledgements | 405 |
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About the Author | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
AIDS in the Workplace: Legal Questions and Practical Answers William F. Banta Vista de fragmentos - 1988 |
AIDS in the Workplace: Legal Questions and Practical Answers William F. Banta Vista de fragmentos - 1988 |
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Referencias a este libro
AIDS Issues in the Workplace: A Response Model for Human Resource Management Dale Masi Vista de fragmentos - 1990 |
Australian HIV/AIDS Legal Guide John Godwin,Michael Costa,Mark Duffy Sin vista previa disponible - 1991 |