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    French Telecom Company Convicted Of 'Moral Harassment' After Employee Suicides

    The major ruling against Orange, formerly France Télécom, also gave jail time for former CEO Didier Lombard and other executives.
    by Colin Dwyer Dec 20, 2019 2 minutes

    The former CEO of a French telecommunications company has been sentenced to jail in connection with a series of employee suicides — with one worker taking their own life after describing "management by terror" at the firm.

    The landmark ruling handed down Friday in a Paris courtroom caps the first time in France that a major company has been tried on

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