(Boursier.com) – 30,000 euros in damages … This is the amount to be paid by UBS France to a former employee who sued the bank for harassment. Stephanie Gibaud, former marketing manager for UBS France, was fired in January 2012. She said he refused to “destroy files to customers and prospects,” which she said were proof of an alleged tax evasion. UBS REPRESENT instead that this departure was only the result of a misunderstanding.
“The alleged harassment is established,” the Labour Court in its ruling Thursday, quoted by the agency Press Reuters. “The moral and material harm Mrs. Gibaud shall be rated at 30,000 euros,” it added. His lawyer, William Bourdon, said that décisionétait an “important moral satisfaction.” “The damages are not up to the damages suffered, but it is true that we are at the beginning of consideration by the French judges, and Europe beyond specific and complex injuries suffered by the great pitchers alert as Stephanie Gibaud, “he added.
In a statement sent to Reuters, UBS said France” take note of the judgment. ” “The bank continues to believe that there was no harassment of his ex-employee, as had already made a decision of the Administrative Court of Paris,” she says, adding not have intends to appeal, particularly in view of “small amounts granted” Stephanie Gibaud – 2.6% of what it wanted. “If Mrs. Gibaud has toiled in the media against the bank, the bank does not acharnera against Mrs Gibaud,” adds Jean-Frédéric de Leusse, CEO of UBS France.
parent UBS has been indicted for money laundering in Paris aggravated tax fraud and illegal canvassing French customers. UBS France for its part has been under investigation for illegal solicitation of complicity …
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