France Telecom ex-bosses jailed 4 months over worker suicides

A FRENCH court today handed four-month jail terms and fines to the former chief and other executives of France Telecom over a campaign of employee harassment blamed for a spate of suicides.

Charged with “institutional harassment”, ex-CEO Didier Lombard was found guilty along with his former deputy, Louis-Pierre Wenes, and human resources director Olivier Barberot of the former state-owned telecoms giant.