After the meeting with the legal people yesterday David seems much more relaxed and his old self. Dunno why he was so nervous going to the meeting as he's done nothing wrong.
Without going into detail, they've laid out a plan of what course to take. Also they will be representing him so he doesn't have to worry. Being as David can't go back there under the circumstances, they will put forward an option that will give the employers a way out without a big ugly shit fight through the courts. It's early days yet, and David has to view the letter they're drafting and give it the OK before it gets sent to them outlining all of this.
If they chose not to take the easy way out (which involves giving David a new job via a transfer) then the legal people will have no choice but to take it to court. Something which, I suggest, wouldn't be in the best interests of a very large company. I imagine it'd make a very juicy story in the media, with a lot of interest from the public. It is after all rather a unique case.
In the old days people with HIV died. Now they want to be treated fairly in the workplace like everyone else. That's a huge change in the last 20-30 years, and one that the public and employers are just going to have to get their head around. We're not dying anymore. We're not victims. We're simply members of society like everyone else. Yes we have a serious disease, but so do many other people.
Having HIV does not negate the requirement of fairness and equal treatment.
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