Paul Cronan and New England Telephone Company

Relevant Facts The Paul Cronan case highlights some of America's prejudices and the reason why employment laws are necessary. Mr.Cronan was a long-time employee (thirteen-year tenured employee) of New England Telephone Company (NET), whose sexual preferences caused him to contact Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). As a service technician, his ailment left him missing work often to gain necessary treatment. His supervisor confronted him asking for explanation as to the missed work, and even …

…public statement at a news conference announcing the settlement, which it did not treat its employees with insensitivity but their actions seem to contradict this. They even drafted a corporate AIDS policy stating that AIDS is treated like any other illness contracted by an employee. I wonder under the circumstances if an employee with lung cancer would have suffered the same invasion of privacy, humiliation and harassment that Paul Cronan did. Pretty scary isn't it.