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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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.
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by company- One Way Environmental Services LLC; Coastal Environmental Solutions Inc.; BWC Terminals LLC €3.09m 36 % · 1 case
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd €2.85m 33 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €799,655 9 % · 5 cases
- Busy Bees Nurseries Limited €561,854 7 % · 1 case
- Winsor Maintenance Inc., Main Source Group, Inc. u. a. sowie OptumCare Management LLC (Auftraggeberin) €377,534 4 % · 1 case
- Fitnessstudiokette in Amsterdam (anonymisiert) €316,875 4 % · 1 case
- SFS Management (Aust) Pty Ltd €282,933 3 % · 1 case
- Ontario International College Inc. €174,825 2 % · 1 case
- 12066424 Canada Inc. €62,555 1 % · 1 case
- Fire Protection Recycling Limited €46,730 1 % · 1 case
- 1 more€23,330
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | €304,466 |
| 2024 | 2 | €495,189 |
| 2025 | 4 | €3.68m |
| 2026 | 6 | €4.1m |
15 cases
14 Sep 2026 Fire Protection Recycling LimitedFire extinguisher explodes fatally during recycling – 40,000 GBP fine €46,730
While decommissioned powder extinguishers were being discharged in Oldbury in 2023, a cartridge-type extinguisher exploded and struck a 37-year-old employee on the head, fatally injuring him. There was no risk assessment, no safe system of work, no suitable storage and no restraint system for discharging; the recycling business (20 employees according to its annual accounts) was fined 40,000 GBP plus 17,034.25 GBP in costs.
Carry out a documented risk assessment even for routine work with pressurised containers and provide technical restraints – experience is no substitute for a safeguard.
- Authority / court
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 14 Sep 2026.
- Fire extinguisher recycling company fined after 'thoughtful and kind' man killed at work (HSE) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Fire Protection Recycling Limited (07249428) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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24 Aug 2026 Fitnessstudiokette in Amsterdam (anonymisiert)Labour Authority: €316,875 in fines for Amsterdam gym chain €316,875
The Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority) imposed fines totalling 316,875 EUR on a gym chain in Amsterdam that is not named in the release. For 25 foreign workers the required work permit or combined residence and work permit was missing, and for three people identity had not been established (Wav, Foreign Nationals Employment Act, 234,375 EUR); because of deficient records it could not be verified whether the minimum wage had been paid for all hours worked (WML, Minimum Wage and Minimum Holiday Allowance Act, 60,000 EUR), plus a breach of the Arbeidstijdenwet (Working Hours Act, 22,500 EUR). The company also received two warnings that work may be preventively halted if the same or similar breaches recur.
Before anyone starts work, their right to work and identity must be checked and working hours must be fully recorded.
Checking the right to work and recording working hours
- Authority / court
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Wet arbeid vreemdelingen (Wav); Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag (WML); Arbeidstijdenwet (ATW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 24 Aug 2026
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie: Sportschoolketen krijgt ruim 3 ton euro aan boetes Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 Truro Sawmills LimitedCornwall sawmill ignores three improvement notices: 20,000 GBP €23,330
According to the HSE, the sawmill failed to protect employees from wood dust (no face-fit testing for respiratory protective equipment, no health surveillance) and let staff drive lift trucks without training; three improvement notices from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive, Britain's workplace safety regulator) were not complied with. The court fined the company, a micro-entity, 20,000 GBP plus 5,000 GBP in costs.
Treat improvement notices from the regulator as binding deadlines, not recommendations; ignoring them risks a fine.
Lift truck training and protection against wood dust
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Truro Crown Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 2(1) und Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2026
Original amount 20,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.
- HSE, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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26 Jun 2026 One Way Environmental Services LLC; Coastal Environmental Solutions Inc.; BWC Terminals LLCSulphuric acid spill in Channelview: USD 3.52m in OSHA penalties against three employers €3.09m
After around one million gallons of sulphuric acid were released at the BWC Terminals site in Channelview (Texas) in December 2025, OSHA proposed penalties totalling 3,520,703 USD against three employers. Staffing contractor One Way Environmental Services accounts for 3,045,452 USD for 18 violations classed as wilful and egregious and five as serious, because it sent workers to the clean-up without adequate training, respirator fit tests and safety measures; the hazardous waste contractor Coastal Environmental Solutions faces 392,501 USD and BWC Terminals, which had mixed fresh and spent acid despite warnings, 82,750 USD. The authority allegedly made the findings set out here; this account is not based on a final judgment. The decision is not final.
Companies that outsource clean-up after a chemical incident must check their contractors' training, respiratory protection and emergency planning.
Health and safety during clean-up after chemical incidents
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (u. a. Vorschriften zu Gefahrstoffeinsätzen und Notfallmaßnahmen sowie Atemschutz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- not yet final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 26 Jun 2026
Original amount 3,520,703 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2026 12066424 Canada Inc.Temporary staffing agency: CA$100,000 over unpaid wages €62,555
Following complaints, the labour inspectorate found, among other things, outstanding minimum wages at the temporary staffing agency in Leamington; an audit for 2022 showed that hundreds of employees were owed a total of CA$234,212 in regular wages, public holiday pay and vacation pay. The company did not comply with the 2023 orders to pay; in proceedings held in its absence, the court imposed CA$100,000 on the company (plus victim fine surcharge).
Companies that ignore regulatory orders to pay outstanding wages risk a substantial fine.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Windsor (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 103(8), 106, 132, 136
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 3 Jun 2026
Original amount 100,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Apr 2026.
- Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin zu 12066424 Canada Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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19 Mar 2026 Busy Bees Nurseries LimitedBusy Bees: £485,374 in minimum wage arrears owed to 9,056 nursery staff €561,854
The UK Department for Business and Trade publicly named the nursery operator Busy Bees Nurseries Limited in round 23 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme. According to investigations by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the company had paid a total of 9,056 workers less than the statutory minimum wage between April 2017 and October 2022 and had to repay £485,374.05 – on average around £54 per person. According to the ministry, the 389 employers named in this round also received penalties totalling around £12.6 million; the amount per company is not published.
Where many employees earn close to the minimum wage, regularly checking payroll against the applicable minimum rates is a must – small shortfalls per person add up to large arrears and public naming.
Minimum wage compliance in payroll
- Authority / court
- Department for Business and Trade (DBT) und HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Britisches Mindestlohnrecht (National Minimum Wage / National Living Wage); National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 1,000 to 9,999
- Published
- 19 Mar 2026
Original amount 485,374.05 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Mar 2026.
- Hundreds of employers handed penalties for illegally underpaying workers (DBT/HMRC/Fair Work Agency, 19 March 2026) Press release of an authority
- National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme: Round 23 – Full list of employers and arrears (DBT) Official register or notice
- Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (03454787) – Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025, Note 5 Employees (Companies House) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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31 Oct 2025 SFS Management (Aust) Pty LtdSFS Management: AUD 500,000 in fines after roof collapse above a cool room €282,933
In October 2022 the roof of an industrial cool room gave way while seven workers were moving equipment on it; they fell around five metres into the cool room. The Industrial Court convicted the company of breaching its health and safety duty with a fine of AUD 480,000 and of breaching s 46 of the WHS Act with a further AUD 20,000, a total of AUD 500,000.
Before work on roofs, load-bearing capacity must be checked and access to surfaces that cannot be walked on must be prevented.
Work on roofs and non-load-bearing surfaces; fall protection
- Authority / court
- SafeWork NSW / Industrial Court of NSW
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- ss 32, 19(1) und s 46 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 31 Mar 2026
Original amount 500,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 31 Oct 2025.
- SafeWork NSW: Prosecutions – October 2025 (SFS Management (Aust) Pty Ltd, 31 October 2025) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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21 Oct 2025 Winsor Maintenance Inc., Main Source Group, Inc. u. a. sowie OptumCare Management LLC (Auftraggeberin)Cleaning companies/OptumCare: 438,204 USD – overtime and missed breaks €377,534
More than 90 cleaners in industrial, laboratory and healthcare facilities often worked beyond scheduled hours without overtime pay, received no compensation for split shifts and travel time and were unable to take breaks because of excessive workloads. A web of companies concealed the employer; the Notice of Final Findings of 21 October 2025 established 438,204 USD, with OptumCare jointly liable as the client.
Clients of cleaning and service providers should check working hours and breaks at the provider – otherwise they are jointly liable.
- Authority / court
- California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- California Labor Code § 2810.3; Overtime, Split Shift, Meal and Rest Periods, Mindestlohn
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 24 Nov 2025
Original amount 438,204 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Oct 2025.
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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15 Oct 2025 Biffa Waste Services LtdBiffa: £2.48m fine after fatal accident involving a reversing lorry €2.85m
Waste company Biffa was fined £2.48m and ordered to pay £5,768.06 in costs after a worker at its Bradford waste transfer station was struck and killed by a reversing skip wagon on 10 August 2023. The Health and Safety Executive found that the segregation of pedestrians and vehicles was not effectively monitored; CCTV showed that workers routinely bypassed the protected routes.
Control measures on paper are not enough; whether they are actually followed must be monitored continuously.
Traffic routes, reversing and supervision in yards
- Authority / court
- Leeds Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Reg. 5(1) Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 17 Oct 2025
Original amount 2,480,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Oct 2025.
- HSE: Biffa fined almost £2.5 million after worker crushed by skip wagon (17.10.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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28 Mar 2025 Ontario International College Inc.Private college: CA$270,000 for ignored orders to pay wages €174,825
The college failed to pay 14 employees wages of almost CA$185,000 and ignored the labour inspectorate's orders to pay from 2019/2020. The court imposed CA$270,000 on the company, in addition to the outstanding wages.
Outstanding wage claims do not go away; the fine comes on top of the back pay.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Toronto (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 103(8), 106, 132, 136
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 28 May 2025
Original amount 270,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Mar 2025.
- Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin zu Ontario International College Inc. (Entscheidung 2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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6 Feb 2024 three Canadian companiesOttawa: CAD 545,000 for three companies over ignored wage orders €375,189
In an ex parte trial, the Provincial Offences Court in Ottawa convicted three numbered companies, which operated under a common trade name, of offences under the Employment Standards Act. An employment standards officer of the provincial labour ministry had found that seven employees were owed around 340,000 CAD in wages; neither the orders to pay nor two demands for records were complied with. The fines on the companies total 545,000 CAD, plus a statutory 25 per cent victim fine surcharge. Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Ignoring official orders to pay wages turns an outstanding wage claim into a prosecution.
Handling official wage orders and demands for records
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Ottawa (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 132, 136, 91(8)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 27 Mar 2024
Original amount 545,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 6 Feb 2024.
- Ontario Newsroom, Veröffentlichungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 6 Feb 2026 · Direct link
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22 Jan 2024 a German services companyUpper Palatinate labour inspectorate: €120,000 profit skimmed over working-time breaches €120,000
Following a complaint, the Gewerbeaufsichtsamt (labour inspectorate) at the Regierung der Oberpfalz found considerable breaches of the Arbeitszeitgesetz (German Working Hours Act) at a services company, which had not improved at a repeat inspection. The company must pay €120,000 in skimmed-off profit, calculated from the notional gain from the repeated excess working hours; it also committed to investing at least €100,000 in improved processes.
Anyone who fails to stop working-time breaches after a first inspection risks having the resulting gain skimmed off.
Maximum working hours and labour inspectorate checks
- Authority / court
- Gewerbeaufsichtsamt bei der Regierung der Oberpfalz
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Arbeitszeitgesetz; Gewinnabschöpfung
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- The calculation took into account that the company had already taken noticeable measures after the last inspection.
- Published
- 22 Jan 2024
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 22 Jan 2026 · Direct link
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30 Nov 2023 an international commercial law firmHamburg: commercial law firm must record working time of employed lawyers Order
Following complaints about regular working days lasting until 11 pm or midnight, the Hamburg occupational safety authority ordered an international commercial law firm on 30 November 2023 to record the actual working hours of its employed lawyers, to instruct them accordingly and to explain the partners' responsibility. On 18 July 2025 the Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg (Hamburg Administrative Court) upheld the recording and instruction duties for employed lawyers and set aside only the third order. The judgment is not final; the court granted leave to appeal.
Billable client hours are not working-time records; law firms too must record the start, end and duration of work of employed lawyers.
Working-time recording for employed professionals
- Authority / court
- Hamburger Arbeitsschutzbehörde; bestätigt durch Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg, Kammer 21
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- § 22 Abs. 3 ArbSchG i. V. m. § 3 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 ArbSchG; § 17 Abs. 2 ArbZG; §§ 12, 22 Abs. 1 ArbSchG
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 18 Jul 2025
- VG Hamburg, Urteil vom 18.07.2025, 21 K 1202/25 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 30 Nov 2025 · Direct link
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15 Jun 2023 a German football clubCustoms Munich: around €200,000 confiscated from football club over minimum wage €200,000
A football club employed staff in its youth academy from 2016 to 2021 on a €450 mini-job basis although they actually worked far more hours; minimum-wage and record-keeping duties were breached. The Hauptzollamt München (Munich main customs office) issued a confiscation order of around €200,000; in addition, around €45,500 in social security contributions and late-payment surcharges are being reclaimed.
For mini-jobs the hours actually worked count; anyone allowing more hours than agreed must record them and pay the minimum wage for them.
Mini-jobs: actual hours count, not contractual hours
- Authority / court
- Hauptzollamt München
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Mindestlohngesetz (Mindestlohn, Aufzeichnungspflicht); Einziehungsbescheid
- Action
- Disgorgement of profits
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 15 Jun 2023
- Zoll, Presse (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 15 Jun 2025 · Direct link
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29 Mar 2023 a Swedish quarrying companySwedish quarrying company: SEK 1.18m corporate fine after fatal blasting accident €104,466
The Court of Appeal ordered a quarry company to pay a corporate fine (företagsbot) of 1,180,000 SEK after an excavator operator was killed in 2015 by leftover undetonated explosives while clearing up after a blast. The blasting area had negligently not been inspected thoroughly enough; unlike the district court, which had waived the fine, the Court of Appeal did not classify the occupational safety offence as gross (fine value 1,200,000 SEK) but saw no reason for a waiver and deducted only 20,000 SEK for the long duration of the proceedings.
Companies are liable for errors by employees with supervisory functions even when their health and safety management is well organised overall.
Inspection after blasting work and the responsibility of supervisors
- Authority / court
- Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- 36 kap. 7–10 a §§ brottsbalken (företagsbot); Arbeitsschutzdelikt (arbetsmiljöbrott)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Deduction of 20,000 SEK because of the long duration of the proceedings.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 29 Mar 2023
Original amount 1,180,000 SEK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Mar 2023.
- Sveriges Domstolar, Nachrichten (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2023) Court press release
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 29 Mar 2025 · Direct link