Peugeot worker commits suicide in France

PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A PSA Peugeot Citroen (PEUP.PA) employee killed himself on Friday at his workplace, the carmaker said, adding to a spate of suicides at some of France's top companies.

A Peugeot spokesman said on Saturday that the worker was a married man aged around 40 who had a job at a Peugeot site just outside Paris. The company has begun an inquiry into the event.

France Telecom (FTE.PA) has come under scrutiny over 25 suicides at the company since the start of 2008, while an employee of car maker Renault committed suicide earlier this month.

Some unions and left-wing politicians have called on France Telecom Chief Executive Didier Lombard to resign over the suicides but Lombard has stayed on and has the current backing of the government. [ID:nL5641954].

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; editing by Patrick Graham)