HIV and the Workplace

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Phoenix Rising HIV/AIDS Re-Entry Project in New Mexico (Regularly Updated)
HIV/AIDS Workplace Tools: Assessment Tool
Managers and labor leaders can use this assessment tool to determine whether their workplace has the resources it needs to respond to HIV/AIDS at work and to assess existing policies and programs.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Workplace Tools: Employee Education
In Manager's Kit and User's Guide, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Workplace Tools: Questions Asked Most Often and Answers You Need to Know
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In Manager's Kit and User's Guide, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Manager's Kit: Workplace Policy
In Manager's Kit and User's Guide, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Working Positive: Returning to Life (March/April 2004)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
"Blame": A Narrative Poem (September/October 2003)
Dennis Rhodes on leaving the corporate world behind after his HIV diagnosis.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Disclosing HIV in the Workplace (September/October 2003)
Steve McMahon talks about his decision to tell his coworkers he's HIV positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
G.R.E.A.T. Expectations (September/October 2003)
Psychiatrist J. Buzz von Ornsteiner on how to make the most of your job search, and how to keep depression and other mental health issues from becoming an obstacle to employment.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Dealing With HIV/AIDS in the Workplace (August 2003)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Employment Is a Treatment That Works (March 2003)
Multi-Tasking Systems of New York provides people with HIV with the training, tools and skills they need to remain in the workforce or find a job.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV-Positive People in Oregon Face Challenges of Returning to Work (April 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Beyond Disability: Am I Ready to Go Back to Work? (January 20, 2002)
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From PositiveWords
Back to School . . .? (March 2001)
More and more HIV-positive people are seeing education as the key to their future.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Working With AIDS (March 2001)
When things are looking up: tips for the job search.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Getting a High School Diploma May Expand Your Job Options (December 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Know the Advantages of Self-Employment (November 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Back to Work Drug Screenings (September/October 2000)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Testing the Waters: Two PWAs on the Path to Rebuilding Their Careers (June 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Hitting the Streets -- Getting the Job and Keeping It (May 2000)
Getting a job, a career and a work life -- part II.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Work Services: Getting Help at the First Career Center at AIDS Project Los Angeles (May 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Getting Back In -- A Two-Pronged Strategy (April 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Work Incentives Improvement Act (September 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Work Services Project: A Back-to-Work Strategy Can Protect Your Benefits (March 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Life Beyond Disability (February 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
The Road Back -- One Step at a Time (February 1999)
Looking before the leap back into the world of work.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Taking It Easy (January 1999)
A PWLA on his addiction to work.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Testing the Waters in the Workplace (December 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
PWAs Preparing to Join Work Force, Survey Finds (October 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
It's Back to Work (September 1998)
A discussion of the issues surrounding a return to work after AIDS-related illness.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Michael Walker Takes the Job Plunge (September 1998)
A positive man re-enters the job market after illness.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Back Among the Living (July 1998)
Facing illnesses when returning to work.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Save It -- If You've Got Something to Say About My Being Unemployed! (June 1998)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Things to Consider If You Are Thinking About Going "Back to Work" (February 1998)
A five part series, from Paul Crockett, Esq..
In A Snapshot of an Epidemic in Flux: A Survey of Effective Legal Strategies for Survival in Changing Times, from Paul Hampton Crockett, Esq.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (Fall 1997)
From Lambda Legal
So You're Thinking About Going Back to Work (April 1997)
From Paul Hampton Crockett, Esq.
Back to Work: The First Steps Back to Working (February 1997)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Trying to Make a Living: Doing What's Best for You When You Are HIV Positive (July 1996)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive