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Worker sues his ex-employer for $395,000 because his job was ‘too boring’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6>Frederic Desnard is suing his former employees because they made him bored<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;590f0f&semi;"><strong>Frenchman Frederic Desnard&comma; 44&comma; said that for  years he was expected to carry out<em> &&num;8220&semi;too menial&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> tasks that were a <em>&&num;8220&semi;descent into hell&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;590f0f&semi;"><strong>Forced to resign&comma; he was left &&num;8220&semi;<em>depressed&comma; destroyed and ashamed&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;590f0f&semi;"><strong>Suing former employer for &dollar;395&comma;000 &lpar;£280&comma;000&rpar;<&sol;strong> <&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A worker in France&comma; is suing his former employer for £280&comma;000 as his job was &&num;8216&semi;too boring&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; forcing him to quit&period; Frederic Desnard&comma; 44&comma; claims that for four years he was expected to carry out &&num;8220&semi;too menial&&num;8221&semi; tasks that were a &&num;8220&semi;descent into hell&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At a result he was left &&num;8220&semi;depressed&comma; destroyed and ashamed&&num;8221&semi; and forced to resign&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The employment tribunal case is the first ever legal claim in France for what its media has coined the term &&num;8216&semi;bore out&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; which could be interpreted as being the opposite of &&num;8216&semi;burn out&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Desnard claims that swiftly after he was hired as a manager at Interparfums &&num;8211&semi; a perfume company in Paris &&num;8211&semi; he found himself stripped of his responsibilities until he was left feeling like he &&num;8220&semi;didn&&num;8217&semi;t exist&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He told France&&num;8217&semi;s BFM television&colon; &&num;8220&semi;I left for work each day with a desperate&comma; sinking feeling&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-21667" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;frederic-desnard-sues-job-for-bordem1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"frederic-desnard-sues-job-for-bordem1" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"410" &sol;><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Frederic Desnard&comma; claims that for four years he was expected to carry out &&num;8220&semi;too menial&&num;8221&semi; tasks that were a &&num;8220&semi;descent into hell&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Then when I arrived I would often break down in tears&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;But no one noticed<br &sol;>&NewLine;because no one really cared whether I was there or not&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I was left depressed and ashamed of being paid for doing nothing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But a lawyer representing the firm&comma; Jean-Philippe Benissan&comma; responded&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Mr Desnard never said anything about being bored during the four-year period&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;And if he actually had nothing to do over all these years&comma; why didn&&num;8217&semi;t he mention it&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Workplace health and safety expert Jean Claud Delgenes said &&num;8216&semi;bore-out&&num;8217&semi; occurs when an employee feels they have no been sidelined and have no chance of promotion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We estimate that around 30 per cent of the French workforce is bored with their jobs&comma; but most stay because of their fear of unemployment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier this year&comma; Frenchman Charles Simon sued the national railway operator SNCF for &&num;8216&semi;ruining his career&&num;8217&semi; because they put him on £3&comma;800-a-month paid leave for 12 years&period; He said he was told he would be relocated elsewhere in the company&comma; but then his bosses simply &&num;8220&semi;forgot&&num;8221&semi; about him&period; His case was finally settled out of court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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