tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40666897725345670232011-07-29T02:16:39.860-07:00HIV costs your business money. Its a fact. In some business, this cost can be as much as 25% of your total payroll. Find out what you can do about it.Beyond the Balance Sheethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06951856613546938912noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066689772534567023.post-25241939851023293182009-06-09T13:56:00.000-07:002009-06-09T14:12:49.701-07:00

The HSRC has just released its latest results of its national HIV prevalence study.  This is the third time this study has been conducted - first in 2002, then 2005 and finally in 2008.You want the good news or the bad news?Well the good news is that the national prevalence rate (the number of infections) has dropped to around 11%.  The bad news is that this figure includes all ages; from 0 years

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We have had a number of responses asking about the "managability" of HIV. Well, HIV is a managable disease, but only if you are aware of it. It is like any risk to your business, it can be managed if you are aware of it and are willing to take action to minimise the risk.HIV prevalence in your business is a risk. But you have to be aware of how much of a risk. You also need to be aware of the

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I got a call from a client last week. He asked if I I knew of someone who had a driver's license, who was reliable that his company could use as a driver / courier. I asked what had happened to the person who normally did this job.He has been signed off sick for a week - again. We are not sure why.Is it HIV? Is it HIV related? We don't know, and we may never know. What we DO know is that

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So, it's a New Year, full of new opportunities and new promises. What will 2009 bring your business? New business? New customers? New products to sell? New threats? New staff? In each of these there will be cost to your business. In some cases it will be an investment, in other cases, you will wave your money goodbye...What about new ideas of saving money?HIV is draining your company's

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One of the reasons HIV is a threat to your business, its sustainability and its long term future lies in the fact that South Africa has the greatest number of HIV positive people of any country in the world. See Amnesty International’s report here in the links below.Somewhere between 20 and 25 percent of South Africa’s working age population are HIV+, depending on the study you read and quote. So

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Let's get real. You're running a small business, not a charity. Your obligation to your staff starts the moment they walk in the front door and ends the moment they walk out. If they get sick, that's what sick leave is for. Why should a business owner like yourself be worried about HIV infection in your staff?I have been involved in small business initiatives for over a decade. The number of

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