«Irrecevable». C’est le terme utilisé par le Tribunal fédéral (TF) pour qualifier le recours de Nestlé dans l’affaire de harcèlement moral qui l’oppose à son ancienne cadre Yasmine Motarjemi, dans un arrêt daté du 24 février et dont le Temps a pu lire des extraits lundi soir.
«C’est une bonne nouvelle, mais ce n’est pas terminé», a commenté Yasmine Motarjemi par téléphone. Le géant agroalimentaire pourra faire recours à nouveau, une fois que la chambre patrimoniale vaudoise (soit les juges de première instance) aura statué sur la demande de dédommagement de celle qui était chargée de la sécurité des aliments au sein du groupe au moment des faits.
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/affaire-motarjemi-recours-nestle-juge-irrecevable-tribunal-federal
Although my battle is far from being over and Nestle can again appeal to Federal Court, the recent ruling of the Federal Court is a small victory in my 15 years battle for food safety, public health and human rights. It shows the errors of Nestlé and its army of lawyers. Nestlé has appealed to the Supreme Court at wrong step in the procedures.
On the 24 February 2020, Nestlé’s Appeal against the decision of the Vaud Cantonal Court was declared inadmissible by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. Once again, the Nestlé Group has been sanctioned in the case of Mrs. Yasmine Motarjemi, but this time by the Switzerland’s highest court.
It should be remembered that Mrs. Yasmine Motarjemi, the former Corporate Food Safety Manager of Nestlé (2000-2010) was the victim of harassment and serious management failures by Nestle to address the problem over a 4 year-period. The harassment occurred in the context of her work duties, while she was attempting to work to address problems in food safety management. She repeatedly requested management to conduct an audit of her department to independently assess the food safety issues she had identified. However, in response to her professional approach to food safety, Nestlé management dismissed Mrs. Motarjemi without examining the substance of her concerns.
On the 7 January 2020, the Civil Court of Appeal of the Vaud Canton Court in Lausanne, Switzerland, confirmed the harassment in a strongly worded ruling and condemned the Nestlé Group for contributing to the victimisation of Mrs. Motarjemi (under Article 328 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO) (see attached Declaration of 20 January 2020).
In this most recent attempt by Nestlé to overturn the Court of Appeal decision by lodging an appeal on 13 February 2020, the Swiss Supreme Court ruled against it with remarkable speed. The costs of the action declared inadmissible by the Court were borne by Nestlé.
It should be noted that, in its appeal, Nestlé’s management finally acknowledged the psychological harassment of Mrs Yasmine Motarjemi, which it had steadily denied for almost 14 years.
One may wonder how the world’s leading food company could behave in such a way, going so far as to harass its food safety manager and then pursuing an endless legal battle against the victim.
Yasmine Motarjemi & Etienne Chouard & Stephanie Gibaud, François de Siebenthal
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