After Suicides, France Telecom Ex-Bosses Get Prison for Harassment - Courthouse News Service with AFP
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PARIS (AFP) — A French court on Friday found the former CEO and other executives at France Telecom guilty of “institutional harassment” after the company was rocked by dozens of suicides during a vast corporate restructuring.
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The criminal investigation focused on the cases of 39 employees, including 19 of those who killed themselves, 12 who tried to, and eight who suffered from acute depression or were signed off sick.
“This is a major victory,” Sebastien Crozier of the CFE-CGC union said after the ruling.
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Read more on Courthouse News Service - with AFP, Caroline Taix and Juliette Montesse - 20/12/2019
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