A French court has ordered IKEA to pay a €1 million ($1.2 million) fine after finding the Swedish retailer guilty of improperly using employee data
The judgment was announced Tuesday by a court in Versailles. The French subsidiary of IKEA was on trial alongside 15 people including former executives over an alleged"spying system" deployed against current and prospective employees between 2009 and 2012, according to court documents.IKEA France's former CEO, Jean-Louis Baillot, was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined €50,000 , according to the judgment. Baillot denied any wrongdoing during the trial.
"In another instance, according to prosecutors, an internal audit recommended"a discreet and thorough investigation" of one employee to uncover any activity in his life that could lead to a police investigation and legal grounds to remove him from the company.
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