The dismissal of Christophe Nobili by “the Chained Duck” was refused by the Labor Inspectorate, announced this Wednesday, May 17 to AFP this journalist who had revealed suspicions of fictitious employment within the satirical weekly.
This decision dated May 15 is subject to appeal. But in the meantime, “the Chained Duck” “is obliged to reinstate me and pay me my salary”because this recourse “is not suspensive”, added the journalist. According to him, the appeal can be filed within two months, either before the administrative court or before the Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt.
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Asked by AFP at the end of the morning, the deputy general manager of the “Duck”, Nicolas Brimo, indicated that he was not aware of the decision at this stage.
A “brutal, unfair and abusive” decision
The dismissal process had been initiated by the newspaper’s administration committee in early April. This marked an escalation in the crisis that has shaken this century-old weekly for several months, as famous for its puns and caricatures as for the many political and economic scandals it has revealed.
During 2022, Christophe Nobili had denounced the fact that the companion of a former cartoonist and administrator of the “Duck”, André Escaro, had benefited for twenty-five years from remuneration from the newspaper without having worked there. Also CGT union representative within the weekly, the journalist had filed a complaint against X in May 2022. An investigation for ” misuse of corporate assets “ et “Concealment of misuse of corporate assets” had been opened.
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On March 8, he released the book “Dear duck” (JCLattès), in which he returns to this affair which revealed fractures within the editorial staff, against a background of conflict between generations. After that, the newspaper’s administration committee decided to lay him off and initiate a dismissal procedure.
“This decision was taken after the publication of his book, and his multiple statements to the press and in other media”, the directors had written in an internal email to employees on April 2. Christophe Nobili said to himself this Wednesday « content » of the decision of the Labor Inspectorate, considering that the decision to dismiss him was “brutal, unjust and abusive”.
