Workplace Policy Development

Mobilizing a multisectoral response to HIV that involves workplaces and private companies is good for people and good for business. Futures Group seeks to guide the development of strong HIV workplace programs that help eliminate discrimination in employment practices, protect employee benefits, serve as an additional venue for raising HIV-related awareness, and reduce stigma in the broader community.

For more than 15 years, our team has worked throughout the world to promote workplace policy development and establish business councils that bring stakeholders from across all sectors to address HIV in the workplace. In addition, Futures Group developed the Workplace Policy Builder, a computer program used to assist organizations in developing their corporate HIV workplace policies.

Focusing on these four elements, Futures Group’s POLICY II Project guided the development of the Mexican Business Council on HIV/AIDS (CONAES), which includes in-country and international corporations operating in Mexico. With continued support under the USAID│Health Policy Initiative, we have guided more than 20 members of CONAES through development and adoption of HIV workplace policies.