Jobless benefits denied to teacher who failed to seek alternate work. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1995. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Jobless benefits denied to teacher who failed to seek alternate work. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023.

AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Apr 7;10(6):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/95700292

Abstract: The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court denied a teacher's assistant, who was HIV-positive, unemployment benefits because it held that the teacher had left his employment voluntarily and failed to seek alternative employment with his employers. The plaintiff claimed he felt forced to quit his classroom job because he feared infecting school children with HIV. To avoid creating a panic he decided against telling his employer and after searching for non-classroom positions in the school district and finding none, decided his only recourse was to quit. The court focused on whether the teacher could have found alternatives to quitting rather than addressing the teacher's apprehensions about HIV transmission. The court felt that because the teacher had not requested a transfer or leave of absence or other accommodation, and because he had not informed his employer of his health status, the employer could not make reasonable accommodations.
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