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10 Feb 2016

Author:
InterAksyon (Philippines)

Philippines: Labour Commission finds hairstylist guilty of discriminating against HIV-positive ex-employee

“HIV-positive worker wins labor discrimination case vs celebrity hairstylist, to get P600,000”, 7 Feb 2016

The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) has found popular hairstylist Ricky Reyes and his business associate guilty of discrimination and unlawful termination of their employee: a 47-year-old HIV-positive hairdresser…Labor and management dispute mediator NLRC last week ordered Reyes to reinstate and pay the back wages and benefits of their employee and complainant Renato Nocos…Reyes and Moreno transferred Nocos to a branch that is about to be bankrupt immediately after learning that the complainant showed symptoms of HIV infection.  After the closure of the branch, Nocos was never given any assignment.  “HIV illness is not highly contagious and it is not transmitted through touching, hugging, sneezing, coughing, eating, or drinking common utensils or being around an infected person.  Thus, the means by which they (Reyes et al) tried to protect their other employees and customers unduly trampled upon the rights of the complainant (Nocos),” the decision said…“Labor unions feel there’s a strong need to combine and connect the old and the new paradigms about HIV and AIDS in order to minimize stigma and discrimination surrounding the phenomenon.”…