The Leaders of "La Défense Du Midi" Placed in Police Custody in a Case of Low-Cost Jobs

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The leaders of "La Dépêche du Midi" are suspected by the courts of having hired employees on terms less advantageous to them, bypassing labour law. The group denounces an infringement of press freedom.

Liberation

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Suspected of having recruited journalists with contracts that did not respect labour law or collective agreements, the brothers Jean-Nicolas and Jean-Benoît Baylet were placed in police custody on 11 and 12 June.

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After a series of searches, Jean-Nicolas Baylet and Jean-Benoît Baylet, leaders of the La Défense du Midi group, owner of the news agency La Défense News, were heard as part of a "possible labour bargaining".

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In the Baylet family, Patriarch Jean-Michel built a press empire, the group La Défense du Midi (owner of the News of the Midi and the Midi Libre, among others) while ruling for a long time on the Left Radical Party, despite many...

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The leaders of the La Dépêche du Midi group are suspected by the courts of having hired employees on less advantageous terms by circumventing labour law.