Pagtanggal sa isang empleyado dahil sa kanyang HIV status, illegal ayon sa Korte Suprema

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00:00The Suprema Court declared that the assault on an employee

00:04due to being positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV

00:10in a decision written by Associate Justice Benjamin Caguiwa,

00:14the third division of the Supreme Court decided

00:18that dismissing a former overseas Filipino worker

00:23because of this is discriminatory.

00:26The respondent will also receive a salary

00:30from the unfinished part of his two-year contract

00:34and the respondent will also receive moral and exemplary damages.

00:39The Supreme Court also stated that the Philippine law will still apply

00:43even if the laws implemented in other countries

00:46in his contract violate our laws.

00:50In 2019, when he underwent a routine medical exam

00:55and the respondent tested positive for HIV,

00:58the respondent was dismissed from his foreign employer

01:02because of the laws in Saudi Arabia

01:05where a person who tested positive for HIV is considered unfit to work.

01:10Under Section 49, Paragraph A of Republic Act 11-166,

01:16the Philippine HIV and Age Policy Act violates the law

01:20to dismiss an employee because of his HIV status.