Workplace preparedness and the americans with disabilities act : lessons from municipal governments' management of HIV/AIDS
By: SLACK, James D
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, mar./apr.1996Public administration review: PAR 56, 2, p. 159-167Abstract: How prepared is the public service to apply the Americans with disabilities act to workplace situations involving people with HIV/AIDS? Based on the views of addresses this question by examining the availability of (1) HIV/AIDS-related activities, (2) reasonable accommodations for employees with HIV/AIDS, and (3)reasonable accommodations for job applicants with HIV/AIDS. Survey findings suggest that, when it comes to HIV/AIDS in the workplace, municipal governments are poorly prepared to comply with the law. For members of this particular protected group, people with HIV/AIDS, the public workplace offers little protection. Lesson can be learned, however, from the experience of municipalities.
How prepared is the public service to apply the Americans with disabilities act to workplace situations involving people with HIV/AIDS? Based on the views of addresses this question by examining the availability of (1) HIV/AIDS-related activities, (2) reasonable accommodations for employees with HIV/AIDS, and (3)reasonable accommodations for job applicants with HIV/AIDS. Survey findings suggest that, when it comes to HIV/AIDS in the workplace, municipal governments are poorly prepared to comply with the law. For members of this particular protected group, people with HIV/AIDS, the public workplace offers little protection. Lesson can be learned, however, from the experience of municipalities.
Public administration review PAR
March/April 1996 Volume 56 Number 2
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