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Technical Assistance Guidelines for handling HIV/AIDS in the workplace
Department of Labour.
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The Technical Assistance Guidelines (TAG) document is intended to complement the earlier adapted ?“Code of Good Practice on Key Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Employment?” of 2000 within the framework of the policy options indicated in the Employment Equity Act of 1998. The TAG will equip employers and other role players with practical tools to eliminate unfair discrimination based on HIV in the workplace.
One of the most serious public health problems facing South Africa is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It not only threatens the lives of individual employees and employers, but has significant impact on each and every workplace, the effective functioning of the labour market and the national economy as a whole.
The impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace is felt in many areas, for example the loss of productivity, increased cost of employee benefits, high production costs and lower workplace morale due to prolonged staff illness, increased absenteeism and mortality rates. This, in turn, impacts negatively on the economy of the country as it slows down economic growth with less economically active persons able to contribute to the economy. The loss of an employee requires an appropriate replacement to be selected and trained, which is often as great cost.
The full TAG document can be downloaded on the righthand side of this page |
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