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Practice question: Illness and HIV Status (DO 73, s. 2005; DA 05, s. 2010; RA 11166, Sec. 49)

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Practice question

A company refuses to adopt HIV discrimination procedures because it has no worker known to have a confirmed diagnosis. A report then alleges assignment discrimination based on a rumor. Which answer follows Sections48–49?
  1. The preventive and investigation duties are not displaced by lack of a confirmed diagnosis; suspected status is protected
  2. Duties begin only after public diagnosis disclosure
  3. Rumors authorize discriminatory assignments
  4. Only termination can be discriminatory
  5. The employer may require every complainant to resign

Legal references

  • RA11166 Sections48–49: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11166_2018.html

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