SocGen Ordered to Pay Axed Boss Accused of Sexual Harassment

Societe Generale SA was ordered to pay compensation to an IT chief it hastily fired when a female co-worker claimed he tried to kiss her, called her “a princess” and offered her $23,000 to “make her happy.”

A Paris appeals court said the French lender should have verified the allegations against Ziad Chehab before it dismissed him in 2017 at the height of the Me Too movement, following the complaint from a Romania-based colleague.

In the dismissal letter, SocGen says the woman complained about Chehab repeatedly making advances despite her refusal to have an intimate relationship with him. But Chehab ...