BONELA demands HIV employment law

The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) continues to advocate for an HIV employment law instead of a policy amidst allegations that some companies are testing people for HIV prior to employment.

The enactment of such a law would protect workers affected or infected by HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

A legal officer at BONELA, Uyapo Ndadi, said on Tuesday that since they served the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Charles Tibone, with a petition for an enactment of the law last year, they have been told that the ministry is still working on a draft policy.

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