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"How so? It seems to have been an orderly trial." Because you can't blame employers for the personal actions of employees. It's political because there was a
by jariel 7y ago
"How so? It seems to have been an orderly trial."
Because you can't blame employers for the personal actions of employees.
It's political because there was a narrative created in France that 'Orange is an evil place that drove this to happen' and people wanted to see supposed 'accountability'.
The trial is red meat to appease the plebes.
The unemployment rate in France is 8.5%, whereas in the US and Canada, it's less than 1/2 that, in Germany it's 3.1% (!).
The laws there to supposedly protect French workers form layoffs are clearly not working and are probably having the opposite effect.
- ridaj 7y agoYou keep bringing up something I agree with, regarding the counterproductive effect of labor protection laws. I just don't see how that excuses the lawlessness of management's actions. > Because you can't blame employers for the personal actions of employees. I'm unsure what you're referring to, but that's untrue, thankfully. If managers direct their employees to perform illegal actions, they too can be held liable. Nothing so brazen here, but willfully turning a blind eye to, or rewarding middle managers applying severely distressing psychological pressure (meaningless assignments, etc) is something that they chose to do way past the warning signs. I also don't think the sanction is disproportionate, nobody goes to jail, and the fine is modest. But I wouldn't put the square quotes around accountability.