How can I provide support for an employee with HIV/AIDS? Where can I find help?
Employers who manifest an open and supportive attitude both within the company and towards the outside world are more likely to win the confidence of those employees affected by HIV/AIDS.
Should an employee inform you that he/she is HIV positive, this information must be treated with the utmost discretion. You can support this member of staff by adjusting working hours wherever necessary (so that his/her working hours do not fall within the main rush hours) or certain adjustments can be made to the working environment should this be desired (such as the provision of a personal locker away from the prying eyes of colleagues where medication can be discretely locked away). If the need for a personal consultation in relation to HIV/AIDS arises, your Regional AIDS Support Service is the perfect partner for this. For legal questions, advice is provided by the Swiss AIDS Federation (Legal Advisory Services).