Employment

Employment discrimination against people living with HIV may take the form of bias in hiring, refusal to grant workplace modifications to accommodate medical conditions, or unjustified termination. Moreover, practice and licensing restrictions imposed on HIV-positive individuals, such as health care professionals, fuels stigma that keeps many people with HIV closeted about their status. Titles I and II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 exist to protect people with disabilities, including people living with HIV, from this kind of discrimination in the workplace, but the law is only as strong as its judicial interpretation.

This HIV Policy Resource Bank category includes statutes, regulations, court decisions, agency guidelines, and other materials related to employment discrimination on the basis of HIV status, occupational restrictions for people with HIV, and employer-provided disability benefits.