The Village shall not illegally discriminate in its employment or personnel practices against persons who have Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or are perceived to have any of the above conditions, hereinafter collectively referred to as AIDS.
The Village shall treat employees who have AIDS like those having any other life-threatening illnesses, which are not normally transmitted by casual contact in ordinary social or usual occupational settings. So long as such employees are medically and physically able to perform their jobs in a satisfactory manner and do not pose a danger to their own health and safety nor to the health and safety of others, they shall be permitted to work.
Coworkers shall have no valid basis upon which to refuse to work or withhold their services for fear of contracting AIDS by working with or near an AIDS-infected person. Therefore, employees who engage in such refusals to work or withholding of services, or who harass or otherwise illegally discriminate against an AIDS-infected employee shall be subject to disciplinary action.
If an employee has, or is believed to have had, an on-the-job or occupational exposure to blood or body fluids, the employee shall be transported to a medical facility for HIV antibody testing. Such testing shall be at the Village's expense.
It shall be the Village's responsibility to make available necessary protective garments and equipment to employees who are at risk of occupational exposure to AIDS to facilitate the safe performance of their jobs.
(Ord. 23-1853, passed 5-3-23)