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Nike Thailand Liaison Office HIV/AIDS Programs and Policies

Our Nike Thailand Liaison Office recognizes that Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a serious health problem worldwide. At the end of 1999 over 33 million people were infected with HIV and 16.3 million people have already lost their lives. Progress in fighting the disease has been made but the virus continues to spread infecting 16,000 new infections a day. We have been very fortunate in our Nike Thailand Liaison Office in that apparently no National or Expat staff have had to deal with this dreaded virus. We want to keep it that way. Moving forward, we are going to create a HIV/AIDS program in our office that will educate our staff on the prevention and characteristics of HIV/AIDS.

Our Nike Thailand Liaison Office also recognizes that even with the best education and prevention program some people still could get the HIV/AIDS virus. Because of this possibility we are also going to create a policy in our office on how we will deal with any employees that acquires the HIV/AIDS virus. Below is our Nike Thailand Liaison Office HIV/AIDS policy that will be implemented in Thai and English in our National Staff “Rules of Employment”.

1. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office will begin providing annual HIV/AIDS programs that will be available to all staff members. The initial program will be presented by the Thailand Business Coalition on AIDS. The programs will be scheduled to maximize the amount of attendees. Department Directors, Team Leaders and our Corporate Responsibility Department will strongly encourage our staff to attend these programs.

2. HIV/AIDS information and consultation will be available for employees. This will include videos, books, brochures and updated articles in the Footwear and Apparel resource libraries. Our Nike Thailand Liaison Office Corporate Responsibility Department along with Khun Rungroj will be responsible for making sure this information is available and kept up to date.

3. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office Corporate Responsibility Department will be responsible for making sure all new employees go through a short HIV/AIDS orientation program.

4. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office will not include HIV/AIDS testing as a pre-employment requirement but will provide voluntary confidential testing during the Office annual physical examination.

5. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office treats all employees, whether infected with HIV/AIDS or not, in an equal and non-discriminatory manner. This includes job application, promotions, discharge, training or other condition and privileges of employment.

6. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office allows employees infected with HIV/AIDS to continue working provided he/she complies with the Nike Thailand Liaison Office accepted work performance standards.

7. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office allows employees infected with HIV/AIDS to continue working if medical authorities indicate that his/her condition and presence at work does not affect his/her work performance and health as well as the health of his/her colleagues?

8. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office has a flexible and reasonable attitude to employment condition, unless it may impose an undue hardship on the business. In the case that the employee is, per the doctor’s orders, unable to work, the Nike Thailand Liaison Office may consider terminating the employment in accordance with the Nike Thailand Liaison Office “Rules of Employment” and regulations as per the Thai Labor Laws. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office keeps all medical information, medical records or related information in absolute confidence. An employee infected with HIV/AIDS is not required to inform the Nike Thailand Liaison Office, except at his/her own discretion. We will assist and support employees with HIV like any other employee with a life threatening illness.

9. The Nike Thailand Liaison Office Director of Administration will be responsible for making sure all of our staff have a copy of this policy and understand this policy.

In summary, our Nike Thailand Liaison Office is creating a HIV/AIDS policy. Our policy has two main objectives. One, to educate our staff on the characteristics and prevention of the HIV/AIDS virus. The second objective is to state how our Nike Thailand Liaison Office will deal with any of our employees that acquire the HIV/AIDS virus. No events caused us to create this policy. It is just the right thing to do as we will follow several reputable Bangkok companies (Jardines, The Regent Hotel, The Royal Orchid Sheraton, The Shell Company of Thailand) whom have established similar policies. If you have any questions please contact your Department Director.