The inspection work criticizes France Telecom

France Telecom has not heard the wave of suicides that has struck in 2009. While the operator has deplored Wednesday a new case in northern France, Le Parisien revealed in its Friday edition the contents of a report submitted in early January by the inspection work on the floor of Besancon. While investigating the suicide of an employee last August in the Doubs, it has concluded quite exceptional for a "homicide by negligence on the part of the operator.

It all begins when Nicolas G., a young engineer-energy air conditioner of France Telecom, is served with a transfer, then seen as "disqualifying" within the unit to troubleshoot customers in January 2009. While this type of job usually requires training estimated at 8 or 9 months, Nicolas G. is immediately put to use without further preparation. He committed suicide seven months later.But when the occupational and a firm specializing in the psycho-social risks identify the unit to which he belonged as being at risk "serious" health of its members, France Telecom does not put in place precautionary measures recommended low fee payday advance . Instead, the operator "significantly increases the rate of technicians"! Finally, the report indicates that this group is to "willfully refused to inform the committee on health, safety and working conditions" (CHSCT), contrary to legal requirements.

After already damning results of a survey conducted by the firm specializes Technologia and made public last December's report noted a "working atmosphere tense, even violent" is a new challenge to the company having recorded nearly fifty suicides since 2008, while France Telecom is still negotiating with the social partners agreement on stress at work. The report of the inspection work was awarded to South Union, which intends to bring civil actions. The floor of Besan?on, which had previously found impossible to establish a causal link between the problems professionals Nicolas G. and his suicide may well change his mind.