Other HIV Laws | Connecticut

Persons with disabilities, such as HIV/AIDS, may experience health-related problems that make it difficult to meet some job requirements or duties.  For example, a person may be exhausted or fatigued and find it difficult to work a full-time schedule.

In certain circumstances, the employer has an obligation to modify or adjust job requirements or workplace policies in order to enable a person with a disability, such as HIV or AIDS, to perform the job duties.  Under the ADA and the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, this is known as a “reasonable accommodation.”

合理便利的例子包括：

• 修改或改变工作任务或职责；
• 制定兼职或修改的工作时间表；
• 允许在正常工作时间内请假去看医生；
• 将员工重新分配到空缺职位；或
• 对工作现场的物理布局进行修改或购置电话放大器等设备，以允许听力障碍人士完成工作。

员工可以申请的便利条件没有固定的设定。申请便利条件的性质将取决于每位员工的具体情况。

It is, with rare exception, the employee’s responsibility to initiate the request for an accommodation.  In addition, an employer may request that an employee provide some information about the nature of the disability.  Employees with concerns about disclosing HIV/AIDS status to a supervisor should contact GLAD Answers at (800) 455-GLAD (4523) in order to strategize about ways to address any such requests.

No, an employer is not obligated to grant each and every request for an accommodation; an employer does not have to grant a reasonable accommodation that will create an “undue burden” (i.e., significant difficulty or expense for the employer’s operation).  In addition, the employer does not have to provide a reasonable accommodation if the employee cannot perform the job function even with the reasonable accommodation.

在确定所要求的便利是否给雇主造成过度负担或困难时，法院会审查许多因素，其中包括：

• 雇主的规模、预算和财务限制；
• 实施所要求的住宿的费用；以及
• 该调整如何影响或扰乱雇主的业务。

再次强调，我们会根据具体情况进行审查。

An employer only has an obligation to grant the reasonable accommodation if, as a result of the accommodation, the employee is then qualified to perform the essential job duties.  An employer does not have to hire or retain an employee who cannot perform the essential functions of the job, even with a reasonable accommodation.

Under Connecticut law (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 21a-65) specific provision is made for needle and syringe exchange programs in the health departments of the three cities with the highest number of AIDS cases among intravenous drug users.  These programs shall provide free and anonymous exchange of up to thirty needles and syringes per exchange and offer education about the transmission and prevention of HIV and offer assistance in obtaining drug treatment services.

Yes. Connecticut law permits a pharmacy, health care facility, or needle exchange program to sell ten or fewer syringes to a person without a prescription (Conn. Gen. Stat. sec. 21a-65 (b)).