A spate of suicides at France Télécom has left the telecommunications company facing legal action after a prosecutor opened a manslaughter investigation in connection with the death of a technician in eastern France.

The move has increased the pressure on the embattled company, where at least 44 members of staff have taken their own lives since 2008.

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