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ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle pays a former supervisor 2 million Swiss francs ($2.2 million) compensation after a Swiss court docket upheld her declare of bullying whereas working on the firm, newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported.
Yasmine Motarjemi was awarded the compensation by a court docket in Vaud, southern Switzerland, the paper mentioned on Saturday, after a 12-year authorized battle.
The 67-year-old former head of worldwide meals security had complained as a result of she felt discredited and degraded by Nestle staff for years and had suffered such psychological harm that she needed to apply for an occupational incapacity pension when she was 55, the report mentioned.
She launched her authorized battle in opposition to Nestle in 2011 after the corporate sacked her in 2010.
Her lawyer, Mathilde Bessonnet, mentioned the fee confirmed the court docket had recognised Motarjemi’s declare that her profession was destroyed and that her employer was absolutely accountable.
“Nestle should pay my consumer your entire misplaced wage invoice retrospectively, from the second of termination till retirement,” Bessonnet advised the paper.
Motarjemi was quoted as saying: “My lawsuit in opposition to Nestle was by no means about cash. I needed a court docket to acknowledge the injustice carried out to me.”
The judgment is ultimate with Nestle deciding to not enchantment. The corporate didn’t affirm the compensation quantity. “We sincerely remorse the just about 12 years of litigation and want to convey this authorized matter to a ultimate shut,” a Nestle spokeswoman mentioned.
Nestle mentioned it didn’t tolerate harassment and took such allegations very critically.
($1 = 0.9236 Swiss francs)
