France Telecom: a survey of suicide
Posted by admin | Under economics, economy, finance, money, top news Saturday Apr 10, 2010New episode in the case of repeated suicide at France Telecom. The Paris court on Thursday opened an investigation into this matter following a complaint last December against the union's South direction of the company for "bullying" and "endangering the lives of others." An unpublished survey that will focus on work organization and the management system of the company.
Me Teissonni?re, counsel for the South, had already confirmed a few hours earlier information from France Info. The investigation should therefore be entrusted to a judge of public health center of Paris. Le Parisien ahead including the name of Pascal Gand in its Friday edition. And as announced by the newspaper, on charges of "endangering the lives of others" was not accepted, contrary to what is called the Labour Inspectorate.
"Methods of management characterizing bullying"
On receipt of the complaint filed on December 14 last, the Paris court has in fact relied on a report of the inspection work to make its decision. A 82-page dossier, coordinated by the labor inspector Sylvie Catala and delivered on February 4 to Paris prosecutors. It refers to "implementation of work organizations likely to cause serious harm to the health of workers" and "methods of management characterizing bullying.
Labour inspection also points in his report "the strategy of restructuring and management" conducted since 2006 aiming to organize the departure of 22,000 employees of the group.It also emphasizes the fact that the leaders of France Telecom have been alerted "on many occasions (…) the effects on health of workers by occupational physicians and regional health insurance funds. Alerts never taken into account.
Eleven suicides since the beginning of 2010
Three people are affected by this case. Front row: former CEO, Didier Lombard, now non-executive chairman of the company. Followed Louis-Pierre Wenes, the former number two and head of operations in France, ruled last fall, and Olivier Barberot, the Director of Human Resources (HR). The company France Telecom is also questioned as a corporation, said Le Parisien.
In 2008 and 2009, the number of suicides by employees of France Telecom rose to 35 as management and unions.The observatory stress and forced mobility, established by the CFE-CGC and South-PTT, has meanwhile identified 11 suicides of employees since January.
Patrick Ackermann, SOUTH delegate, welcomed in the Parisian "this first victory." "That does not mean that there will be indictments, but it proves that justice takes the matter seriously. Now, we'll call the other unions, victims' families, doctors work to a civil, "he adds. The more one is more justice will be hard to kick for touch. "
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