Post by shahadat560 on Jan 18, 2024 11:07:00 GMT
"I told my boss that I was HIV positive and she gave me her support, but after two hours she sent me a WhatsApp telling me that she was very sorry for what had happened to me, but that it seemed in bad taste that I had not told her and that I informed the management of my resignation." It has been more than a year and a half since Daniel Jiménez was informed that he was HIV positive, which is why he lost his job as a waiter.
"I explained to him that it has been proven that there is no risk of infection," Daniel tells Efe, who remembers how he tried to defend himself after he was fired, because it was impossible for his blood to end up on the clients' plate or glass. of the restaurant. But the company did not understand: "My boss said that she was not discriminating against me, that she had to think about the company and that she only wanted healthy people."
From the Independent Trade Union Center and Civil Servants (CSIF), the doctor and press officer for the National Health Service, Francisco Torquero, tells Efe that firing someone for being HIV positive is illegal; "It's like Country Email List being fired because you're missing a hand." He adds that in the exceptional case that there is a risk of contagion, because there is a danger of cuts, for example, what would have to be done is "an adaptation of the job", but it would not be "a cause for exclusion." After this episode, Daniel is not "psychologically ready" to return to work and is afraid that he will not be hired.
It is an example of how the stigma is still there. For this reason, the organizations that make up Cesida see the need for a "State Pact against HIV that addresses the stigma and discrimination it causes," as pointed out by Jesús Generelo, president of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB). .
An agreement that, among other issues, "modifies and adapts the Spanish legislation that allows for the exclusion of people with HIV in the access or performance of certain occupations", as explained by breras, UGT, , the FELGTB and. . Daniel was diagnosed with the disease quickly. His partner was HIV positive and the doctor told them that there was not much risk because they were sgiven that his partner's viral load was undetectable.
But he had a complete test for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and tested positive for HIV. "Psychologically I sank quite a bit," he confesses, "you think it's something you're going to have for life."
"I explained to him that it has been proven that there is no risk of infection," Daniel tells Efe, who remembers how he tried to defend himself after he was fired, because it was impossible for his blood to end up on the clients' plate or glass. of the restaurant. But the company did not understand: "My boss said that she was not discriminating against me, that she had to think about the company and that she only wanted healthy people."
From the Independent Trade Union Center and Civil Servants (CSIF), the doctor and press officer for the National Health Service, Francisco Torquero, tells Efe that firing someone for being HIV positive is illegal; "It's like Country Email List being fired because you're missing a hand." He adds that in the exceptional case that there is a risk of contagion, because there is a danger of cuts, for example, what would have to be done is "an adaptation of the job", but it would not be "a cause for exclusion." After this episode, Daniel is not "psychologically ready" to return to work and is afraid that he will not be hired.
It is an example of how the stigma is still there. For this reason, the organizations that make up Cesida see the need for a "State Pact against HIV that addresses the stigma and discrimination it causes," as pointed out by Jesús Generelo, president of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB). .
An agreement that, among other issues, "modifies and adapts the Spanish legislation that allows for the exclusion of people with HIV in the access or performance of certain occupations", as explained by breras, UGT, , the FELGTB and. . Daniel was diagnosed with the disease quickly. His partner was HIV positive and the doctor told them that there was not much risk because they were sgiven that his partner's viral load was undetectable.
But he had a complete test for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and tested positive for HIV. "Psychologically I sank quite a bit," he confesses, "you think it's something you're going to have for life."