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No discrimination

It is forbidden in Germany to segregate other people - even people with HIV and AIDS. If you have HIV or AIDS and someone discriminates against you because of this, you can get help, for example from the Anti-Discrimination Agency of German AIDS Help (Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe):

Telling other people

If you have HIV or AIDS, in Germany you have the right to decide whom you want to tell.

However, you should always tell your doctors,

  • as they can then judge whether a disease that you have is related to HIV and so treat you better.
  • If you are taking medication for HIV, you must inform all of your doctors in order that the medication they give you for other diseases is suitable to coincide with the HIV medication.

In principle, your doctor is never permitted to tell anyone without your permission that you have HIV. This includes even the Jobcentre (Arbeitsamt), foreigner registration offices, your employer, the police, the prosecutor's office, your family etc.

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HIV and insurance

If you have HIV and take out insurance, and in the process are asked if you have any diseases, you must tell the truth. If you lie, the contract is invalid. This will leave you with no entitlement to the insurance services and you will not receive back the money that you have already paid.

If you are HIV positive, in principle your entitlement to work in Germany is exactly the same as any other person's, even in the fields of nursing, geriatric care, childcare and youth welfare, or in food processing etc.

HIV cannot be transmitted in everyday working life.

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Applying for a job

In a job interview, the employer is entitled to ask you questions that are important for the work that you would be doing. If you deliberately answer these questions incorrectly, the employer can fire you at a later date because of this.

You do not have to tell the employer that you have HIV if it is not important in relation to the job. If you tell your boss that you have HIV, it does not permit your boss simply to tell your colleagues without your permission.

You also do not have to take a HIV test if you do not want to, even if the employer tells you that you have to.

If you have HIV and your condition is treated well by a doctor, you will normally not get ill more often than a person without HIV.

Dismissal

If you are fired because you have HIV, you can fight against this and get a lawyer involved. It is forbidden in Germany to fire someone simply because s/he has HIV.