Whether or not the workplace is unionized does not appear to be a factor associated with the disclosure of one's seropositivity. The respondents who have the most difficulty paying for their drugs are those who are on employment insurance, studying, or looking for work. These silences create stress, fear, and the choice whether or not to receive treatment. Triple-drug therapy increases life expectancy without thereby automatically improving quality of life. Such people prefer to seek out workplaces where there is more openness about sexual orientation, seropositivity and triple-drug therapy.
Community work is the sector of choice.
The obligation for employers to reasonably accommodate their employees is the most difficult aspect to have accepted. Employee training and the adoption of an AIDS in the workplace policy should, in our view, be part of the agenda of all Qu bec businesses. The AIDS in the Workplace program is a consultation service about problems relating to AIDS for businesses and private, public and parapublic organizations in Qu bec. Disclosing HIV Status and Sexual Orientation to Employers.