Tonernews.com, October 2, 2008. USA
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HP to pay €2.3 million in damages for wrongful dismissals
The
former employees at HP’s French site on Isle-d’Abeau have gained
victory in a lawsuit and were awarded €2.3 million in damages for
wrongful dismissals.The dismissals followed the 2002 acquisition of the
factory from EMS-provider Sanmina-SCI. The court decision states that
HP is to pay each complainant €7.000 in damages for moral injury and a
further €1,000 under Article 700 of the French ‘Nouveau Code de
Procédure Civil’. That means that HP is to pay €2,336,000 in damages –
292 former employees were unfairly dismissed the court ruling stated,
reports pcworld.
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The
former employees at HP’s French site on Isle-d’Abeau have gained
victory in a lawsuit and were awarded €2.3 million in damages for
wrongful dismissals.The dismissals followed the 2002 acquisition of the
factory from EMS-provider Sanmina-SCI. The court decision states that
HP is to pay each complainant €7.000 in damages for moral injury and a
further €1,000 under Article 700 of the French ‘Nouveau Code de
Procédure Civil’. That means that HP is to pay €2,336,000 in damages –
292 former employees were unfairly dismissed the court ruling stated,
reports pcworld.