We would like to encourage as many employers as possible to complete our survey on HIV in the workplace - any help or promotion you can give us would be very much appreciated. We also are holding a seminar that may be of interest to your readers Thx
Free Seminar
Working with Hidden Disabilities - what employers need to know - The Positive Futures Partnership is joining up with other leading charities, including the MS Society, to provide an essential update on employment issues for people living with hidden disabilities. It is aimed at HR Professionals who are interested in the new disability legislation affecting people living with HIV, MS, cancer and mental health conditions. Speakers will include employers outlining their policies and people living with HIV, MS and other long term medical conditions talking about their experiences in the workplace. The event is being held at the Mayor of London’s, GLA office at City Hall London on Tuesday 26th October and is free of charge for HR professionals. Further details available from cearl@ukcoalition.org.
Web Based Employers Survey
The Positive Futures Partnership have been funded by the London Development Agency (LDA); the mayors agency for business, to do an extensive survey of employers and employees, researching the barriers to employment faced by people living with HIV.
Over 42,000 people are estimated to be living with HIV in the UK alone and the majority of these are of working age. New treatments have improved the health of many people living with HIV to the extent that the only factors limiting their potential is stigma and discrimination. A survey in Canada suggested that over 50% of those diagnosed with HIV would not disclose their status to their employers and we want to find out what is happening in the UK today.
We are asking all employees or employers to take 10 minutes of their time to complete our on-line survey exploring the issues affecting people living with HIV. Your time in completing this survey will enable us to continue our work with employers to provide information on HIV focussed to the needs of business and to ensure people living with HIV can lead a fulfilling and productive working life without fear of discrimination.
Please feel free to forward this to your own contacts to enable us to get as broad a view as possible from this survey. There are no costs involved, but your time and all responses are anonymous - Donate your coffee break or part of your lunch break to make a difference to someone’s life - HIV is not just an issue for other people -it could affect all our lives.
Employees Survey
Please select this link if you wish to answer the survey as an employee. It should only take 10 minutes of your time, but could make a big difference to the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
http://www.surveygalaxy.com/surPublishes.asp?survey_Id=1009
Employers Survey
Please select this link if you wish to answer this survey on behalf of your employers (Ideal if you are in one of the following roles; director, manager, supervisor, human resources representative, Occupational Health, Disability specialist, responsible for policy, recruitment or other staffing issues)
http://www.surveygalaxy.com/surPublishes.asp?survey_id=1024
Working with Hidden Disabilities - what employers need to know
The Positive Futures Partnership is joining up with other leading charities, including the MS Society, to provide an essential update on employment issues for people living with hidden disabilities