Workplace Psychological Harassment in French Case Law: Scope of the Issues and Debates Around Employer Liability

Abstract

Workplace psychological harassment has existed as long as have labour relations. For instance, Professor Christophe Dejours points out that psychological harassment was common on assembly lines in the 1970s, carried on by what were known as “little dictators.” Nevertheless, the question was only really broached in public discourse with the publication of the book by Dr Marie-France Hirigoyen, “Le harcelement moral. La violence perverse au quotidien,” which marked a turning point. The term “ps...