Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utter dismay that a member of the hospital staff of the Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria has informed the employer of a domestic worker, who is a mother of five children, that she is HIV positive;
2) further notes that when she returned to work her boss yelled at her: "You are dying and you are pregnant!";
3) notes that this behaviour not only infringed on her human rights, but also humiliated her and contravened the Employment Equity Act, which prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee on the grounds of his or her HIV status; and
4) while noting that a complaint was laid with the SA Human Rights Commission, nevertheless calls on the Departments of Health and of Labour as well as the Public Protector, the Treatment Action Campaign and the SA Domestic Service and Allied Workers' Union to investigate the incident and take harsh action against the hospital staff member and the employer of the worker.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.