French phone and internet provider Orange has been found guilty of moral harassment that resulted in a string of employee suicides during the late 2000s, a Paris court has ruled.
The guilty verdict against Lombard and the company may send a shockwave across European boardrooms as the case could inform the claims from other corporate employees seeking justice.
Orange's case centred around the culling of 22,000 jobs and redeployment of another 10,000 as it adapted to competition in the private sector. @Alexkjerulf I hope this will serve as a warning to bad bosses everywhere: Three former executives from France Telecom have been given prison sentences for their horrible leadership that led to a spate of suicides among employees.A 2010 report by labour inspectors said management used"pathogenic" restructuring methods, such as forcing people into new jobs in far-away cities and giving them unattainable performance objectives.
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