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Orange's former CEO jailed as firm found guilty of ‘collective moral harassment’ that led to wave of staff suicides
TELECOMS giant Orange was found guilty today of “collective moral harassment” against its staff which resulted in at least 19 suicides between 2006 and 2009.
Former company CEO Didier Lombard has been handed a four-month prison sentence and fined €15,000 (£12,750), while Orange has been fined €75,000 (£64,000) and ordered to pay out hundreds of thousands of euros in compensation. Orange’s 2018 revenues exceeded €41 billion (£37.8bn).
Mr Lombard’s number two Louis-Pierre Weynes and human resources director Olivier Barberot were also convicted of mounting a “policy of destabilisation” in a bid to slash jobs and have been sentenced to prison terms and fines. All three are planning to appeal.
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