Document 0668
 DOCN  M95A0668
 TI    Jobless benefits denied to teacher who failed to seek alternate work.
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Apr 7;10(6):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700292
 AB    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.
 DE    *HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION  Human  Male  Philadelphia  *Teaching
       Unemployment  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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