Compliance Radar

Who was sanctioned, and for what?

Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€500,000Total of monetary amounts
€500,000Median per case with an amount

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Where?

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  1. Germany €500,000 100 % · 1 case

What for?

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  1. Minimum wage and undeclared work €500,000 100 % · 1 case

Who?

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1 case

30 Jan 2024 Vegetable grower cheats harvest workers out of minimum wage: around 500,000 EUR in fines and confiscation GermanyMinimum wage and undeclared work €500,000

A vegetable-growing business did not pay harvest workers the collectively agreed minimum wage; the shortfall was just under 300,000 EUR. The investigation was based on interviews conducted with interpreters and the analysis of working time and harvest volume data. Fines of around 200,000 EUR were imposed, and around 300,000 EUR in proceeds of the offence were confiscated in addition (date = publication).

What organisations can take from it

Piece-rate and volume-based pay in seasonal work must reach the minimum wage per hour; deductions for accommodation and work equipment are closely scrutinised.

Authority / court
Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)
Area of law
Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
Legal basis
Mindestlohn- bzw. Tarifrecht (tariflich bestimmter Mindestlohn); Einziehung des Tatertrags
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Food and agriculture
Published
30 Jan 2024

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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