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Article

30 Nov 2009

Author:
Jacob P. Koshy, Live Mint [India]

In a closet darkly: why disclosure lies beyond corporate assurances [India]

Last month, India’s labour ministry came out with a national policy on HIV/AIDS…Several companies, including Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd, Apollo Tyres Ltd, Crompton Greaves Ltd, SRF Ltd, Ballarpur Industries Ltd, PepsiCo Inc., Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Jubilant Organosys Ltd, have committed to…non-discrimination toward HIV/AIDS employees and creating AIDS awareness in the office…There’s also an HIV Bill being pushed by the ministry of health and family welfare…to make employers liable for any discrimination at the workplace against HIV/AIDS employees and responsible for guaranteeing them a safe working environment… Even if the HIV Bill eventually becomes an Act, AIDS activists…say it wouldn’t lead to proactive disclosure at the workplace…