Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff excluded during Hindu group's visit
The director general of the Eiffel Tower's operating company is resigning following an investigation into the exclusion of female staff during a visit by a Hindu religious group. The incident sparked staff protests and led to a temporary closure of the monument.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the tension between accommodating religious delegations and maintaining workplace gender equality standards in public institutions.
The chief of the company operating the Eiffel Tower will leave his post at the end of the year after an independent probe found that female employees were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group earlier this month.Patrick Branco Ruivo, director general of the Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE), has decided to step down following an investigation into the September 5 visit by a delegation from Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS.The probe found several operational failures, including the exclusion of female staff from the visit.SETE called the situation as “in female staff being excluded from the visit that day, an unacceptable situation,” in a statement on Tuesday.The decision comes weeks after Ruivo, who took charge of SETE in 2018, faced a staff protest over the issue.
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