While Editis must soon be sold by Vivendi, the social and economic committee of two subsidiaries, the publishing house Plon but also of Interforum have triggered law alert procedures.
by Nicole Vulser
The Social and Economic Committee (CSE) of Place des Publishers, entity of Editis (Vivendi) seized, Tuesday, November 15, of its right of alert in the event of infringement of the rights of persons after the placement As a work stoppage of two employees, confirming information published Tuesday, November 22 in the letter A. This procedure once again targets the management methods of Lise Boëll, the codirector of Plon.
Just a year ago, the appointment of this editor of Eric Zemmour and Philippe de Villiers, from Albin Michel to the management of Plon had caused serious discomfort in the teams of the publishing house. She had, rare, imposed two of her assistants – Estelle Cerutti and Mickaël Palvin – also from Albin Michel. The former Director General of Plon, Céline Thoulouze, who did not want to work with her, had set back and, while waiting to take the reins of Nile, another subsidiary of Editis, had been demoted to the post of director general assistant in charge of fiction of Plon.
The management methods of Lise Boëll and his assistants as well as their defense of far -right authors aroused strong cleavages. Self-edited, Eric Zemmour’s latest work, which benefited from an extraordinary media springboard thanks to Vincent Bolloré’s television channels, was distributed by Editis. For the majority of Plon employees who, in the past, published Claude Lévi-Strauss or Jean Malaurie, the transplant did not take. A first independent investigation was then diligent by the CSE of Editis on management in the company. Lise Boëll and Estelle Cerutti were then asked to telework during the duration of this survey. Its conclusions revealed by oral to employees have mentioned dysfunctions, a loss of confidence of employees, a humiliating and aggressive direction. So much so that Lise Boëll and Estelle Cerutti was asked not to work with the old teams.
At the same time, Mickaël Palvin, Deputy Managing Director of Plon was laid off before being dismissed when the management of Editis discovered that he had been thanked for his previous post with Albin Michel for moral harassment , in February 2021 (MO12345lemonde of December 10, 2021).
At the same time, Michèle Benbunan, Managing Director of Editis, reinvested Céline Thoulouze in her former functions of Director General of Plon. This publishing house is from the only one in the Parisian square to be two -headed. A non -feigned detestation opposes the two teams. Those of Lise Boëll are installed in the 6
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