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Article

7 Oct 2009

Author:
Angelique Chrisafis, Guardian [UK]

France Telecom executive resigns after employee suicide tally rises to 24

The deputy chief executive of France Telecom today resigned in the wake of a spate of staff suicides that unions have blamed on a bullying management style and brutal approach to restructuring …After weeks of public outcry…France Telecom's number two, Louis-Pierre Wenes…stepped down...France Telecom has put in place measures to monitor and counsel staff thought to be suicidal, and temporarily frozen 500 employee transfers …Unions welcomed the departure of Wenes but said it must be followed by a change in management style… The company has agreed to the French labour ministry's order that an official monitor its health and safety meetings in the wake of the suicides.