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SUBJECT:
Faculty,
Staff, and Student Employees with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
AIDS Related Complex (ARC) or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
POLICY:
Central
Michigan University recognizes that faculty, staff, and student employees who
may have or be perceived as having AIDS, ARC, or HIV may wish to continue in
their normal work activities as long as their physical condition allows them to
do so. Faculty, staff, and student employees with AIDS, ARC, or HIV should be
treated consistently with other employees as long as they are able to meet
acceptable performance standards. In some cases a medical examination may be
necessary.
Faculty,
staff, student employees, and their supervisors, or any person who believes he
or she has AIDS, ARC, or HIV, may obtain information from the Health Advocacy
Service (Foust Hall 205 -- Telephone 774-6992) or Health Services (Foust Hall
205 -- Telephone 774-3944) in the following areas:
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Education
and information on AIDS, ARC, or HIV.
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Referral
to specific agencies and organizations which offer supportive
services for AIDS, ARC, or HIV.
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Consultation
to assist employees in effectively managing health insurance, sick
leave payments and other benefits.
POLICY
GUIDELINES:
The following
guidelines are provided to assist faculty, staff, department chairpersons,
supervisors, and manager in dealing with situations involving faculty, staff, or
student employees with AIDS, ARC, or HIV.
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A
faculty, staff, or student employee’s health condition is personal
and confidential and should be treated as such. An employee will not
be asked whether or not he or she has AIDS, ARC, or HIV. Employees
with AIDS, ARC, or HIV will be treated in the same manner as other
employees with illnesses. If the employee discloses the illness to
the supervisor, the supervisor will disclose the illness to the
Assistant Vice President for Personnel and Employee Relations, but
not to others. The Assistant Vice President for Personnel and
Employee Relations will inform the President of each notification
received but will not divulge the name of the employee unless
authorized to do so by the employee with AIDS, ARC, or HIV. If the
Assistant Vice President for Personnel and Employee Relations is
authorized by the employee with AIDS, ARC, or HIV to disclose
her/his name to the President, upon disclosure the President, or his
designee, will establish the AIDS Recommendation Subcommittee called
for in the CMU AIDS Procedures Guidelines. In regard to employee
confidentiality, the supervisor will not release the name of the
employee to the Assistant Vice President for Personnel and Employee
Relations unless authorized by the employee to do so.
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If
a faculty, staff, or student employee expresses concern about
working with a co-worker who has AIDS, ARC, or HIV, the supervisor
should arrange for that employee to talk to an expert resource
person to provide appropriate information and allay fears or
concerns. If an employee is still concerned and wishes to transfer
to a different job, he or she may request to do so under the normal
job-bidding and transfer procedures. Employees do not automatically
have a right to reassignment, nor will the University transfer the
employee with AIDS, ARC, or HIV as a result of complaints.
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The
University will not ask applicants for employment if they have AIDS,
ARC, or HIV or if they are a member of a high-risk group.
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The
University will not make a hiring decision based on the suspicion
that a person has AIDS, ARC, or HIV, or on the suspicion that the
person is a member of a high-risk group.
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The
University will not require anyone to take a test for the antibodies
of HIV as a condition of employment.
Faculty,
staff, or student employees are encouraged to be sensitive and supportive of
employees with AIDS, ARC, or HIV. Individuals who have questions or concerns
should address those to either the Health Advocacy Service or to Health
Services.
This policy
was formulated with the assumption that persons with AIDS, ARC, or HIV will take
every precaution against spreading secondary infections that are an inherent
part of the disease.
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