Employees with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B or hepatitis C should be treated in the same manner as any employee with any other illness such as cancer or heart disease.

• All employment decisions should be based exclusively on criteria relating to merit and fitness and have no reference to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV infection or AIDS related illnesses.
  
• Pre-employment medical screening of employees for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B or hepatitis C should not be carried out unless relevant for assessment of medical fitness for work.
  
• Any information pertaining to an individual's HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B or hepatitis C status should be kept confidential.
  
• Unless the work poses a danger to the employee, other employees or the public, the employer need not be informed that an employee is infected. The employer is not obliged to inform anyone should they become aware that an employee is infected.
  
• Where practicable, an employee with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B or hepatitis C should not be required to work where there is risk of transmission of other diseases which may increase or aggravate that employee's ill-health.

For further information on working with people living with HIV, information about confidentiality and disclosure or for information about infection control please download our fact sheet BBVs and the Workplace or contact us.