On 5 December, the Paris Court of First Instance found the French company guilty of failing to comply with its due diligence requirements. La Poste was sued by the Sud-PTT trade union federation for failing to ensure the safety of workers in its subcontracting chain and was found guilty of failing to draw up a sufficiently detailed risk map.
“This is a major victory,” the Sud-PTT federation said in a press release reacting to the news. La Poste’s conviction is the result of a long battle: the union branch had served formal notice on the company in 2019. It criticised the company’s universal registration document, which included the group’s vigilance plan (a legal obligation since the previous year for French companies with more than 5,000 employees), for not complying with the law.
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR