France Telecom bosses may be tried over dozens of worker suicides

‘After a seven-year inquiry into a wave of suicides at France Telecom, the Paris prosecutor has recommended former executives be put on trial for ‘workplace harassment’ and ‘destabilizing’ employees.
According to the unions, thirty-five France Telecom employees took their lives between 2008 and 2009.
Harassment charges are brought against the company and former chief executive Didier Lombard. It is suspected of using a policy of unsettling staff to accelerate resignations. Lombard’s deputy Louis-Pierre Wenes, and former human resources chief Olivier Barberot, could also face trial. Another four executives could be tried for complicity in the harassment.’
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