Return to Articles  Not Exactly What Congress Intended  by
Kimberly Bartman  Fall 2003, Vol. 66, No. 3  Imagine that you
are one of the approximately one million Americans with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). You are fortunate in that the
virus was diagnosed early. With the advances in medicine, you
are able to carry on with most aspects of your everyday life
without much trouble. You are able to cook, clean and play with
your children. But your energy level has dropped, and your
medication sometimes makes you drowsy or nauseated. You are a
corporate associate in a large law firm, and, lately, you have
not been able to work as hard as you once could.  You have
exceeded your billable-hour goal every year and, despite the
recent downturn in the economy, you were the only one of the ten
associates in your class to receive a performance-based bonus
last year. This year, however, the effects of your medication
have caused you to miss nearly two weeks of work. Although your
firm's vacation policy allows you fou