Who was sanctioned, and for what?

The owner of a business in Bizkaia that produces and sells Basque gildas repeatedly employed foreign workers without work permits between December 2018 and May 2021, thereby reducing wage and social security costs. The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country (Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco, TSJPV) upheld the conviction by the Audiencia de Bizkaia (Bizkaia Provincial Court) for an offence against workers' rights: a fine of 18,000 EUR and 2,500 EUR compensation for each employee bringing a claim; an earlier administrative sanction against the company does not preclude this. The judgment is not yet final (date = publication).

Authority / court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco (TSJPV; Vorinstanz: Audiencia Provincial de Bizkaia)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

Art. 311 bis a) Código Penal (Delitos contra los derechos de los trabajadores)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Food and agriculture

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

yes

Liability of senior managers

Owner personally convicted under criminal law; administrative sanctions had previously been imposed on the company.

Published

21 Sep 2026

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A 24-year-old labourer working as a temporary worker for a scaffolding company fell, in his second week of work on the developer's housing site, through a stairwell opening that was neither securely covered nor guarded, dropping one storey onto concrete and suffering serious spinal injuries. The court found the company guilty on three counts because it had neither adequately planned nor supervised work at height and had not taken suitable measures to prevent falls. Fine of £300,000 plus costs.

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

Work at Height Regulations 2005

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Construction and real estate

Published

21 Sep 2026

Original amount 300,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Sep 2026.

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At the Kettleby Foods plant in Melton Mowbray, an employee and a contractor were scalded with hot water while replacing a leaking gasket on an isolation valve of a steam line (burns to 4–5 % and 9 % of their body surface respectively). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the task had neither been assessed nor documented as a safe system of work, isolation and lock-off procedures had not been applied, fall protection was missing and supervision was inadequate. Following a guilty plea, a fine of £594,000, plus £6,000 compensation for the injured employee, costs and a victim surcharge.

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 Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

Published

16 Sep 2026

Original amount 594,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Sep 2026.

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In February 2025, a pile of scrap collapsed on a father and his son at the metal recycler's site while an excavator had been working near them for around 20 minutes; one of them suffered a broken leg. Pedestrians were separated neither from machinery nor from unstable stockpiles, even though there had been a near miss involving the same excavator shortly before. Fine of £40,000 plus £6,181 costs.

Authority / court

Grimsby Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Steel and metals

Mitigating circumstances

After the accident, a separate unloading zone, signage, supervised procedures and fenced-off walkways were introduced.

Published

2 Sep 2026

Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Sep 2026.

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In March 2024, a CO2 hose on a vacuum mixer ruptured in the deli area of the plant in Brampton; around 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide escaped and one worker suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no CO2 sensor with an alarm. Following a guilty plea, a fine of CA$500,000 plus a 25 % victim fine surcharge.

Authority / court

Provincial Offences Court Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea; permanently installed CO2 sensor after the incident.

Published

27 Aug 2026

Original amount 500,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2026.

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A lily and tulip grower with an average of around 50 (at peak 75) employees, where Polish migrant workers are employed (anonymised in the judgment), was unable to produce sufficient records of hours worked and wages paid for 18 employees for September 2020 to February 2021. The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment (Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid) imposed 118,000 EUR in 2024 (112,100 EUR after objection); the North Netherlands District Court (Rechtbank Noord-Nederland) reduced the fine to 95,587.50 EUR, partly because of measures taken and excessively long proceedings.

Authority / court

Rechtbank Noord-Nederland (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid / Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

Art. 18b Abs. 2 Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag (Wml)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Food and agriculture

Employees

50 to 249

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction of 12.5 % for appropriate measures, 5 % for delay and 2,500 EUR for exceeding the reasonable length of proceedings.

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Between February 2018 and September 2019, five leaks of highly flammable hydrocarbons occurred at the Mossmorran major hazard site (COMAH upper tier), all caused by corrosion under insulation; around 82 tonnes escaped in one leak. During a routine inspection in May 2019, inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) smelled escaping gas – the company had known about this leak for around four months and had continued production without additional precautions. The inspection arrangements for insulated pipework were inadequate; fine of 267,000 GBP.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 6(2); Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

26 Aug 2026

Original amount 267,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Aug 2026.

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At the food plant in Janesville (Wisconsin), the lids of pressurised industrial kettles opened in February and March 2026, scalding workers with steam and hot liquid; three people died. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a total of $364,100 for both inspections combined, including repeat violations relating to fall protection and lockout/tagout.

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 of 1970; 29 CFR 1910 (u. a. Lockout/Tagout, Absturzsicherung, persönliche Schutzausrüstung)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Food and agriculture

Repeat case

yes

Published

20 Aug 2026

Original amount 364,100 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Aug 2026.

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A German haulage operator deployed 40 foreign drivers from two affiliated Lithuanian transport companies under his sole direction; the hiring-out of workers was disguised as a contract for work and services (Werkvertrag), and there was no licence from the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit). Final fines: 20,000 EUR against the Lithuanian managing director and 15,000 EUR against the German hirer (date = publication).

Authority / court

Hauptzollamt Lörrach (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz (Überlassung ohne Erlaubnis)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Liability of senior managers

Fines imposed personally on the managing director of the lending company and on the hirer.

Published

12 Aug 2026

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On 21.01. and 10 March 2026, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found at two residential construction sites in Rockledge that employees of the roofing contractor were working on roofs without fall protection; training records, eye protection when using nail guns and ladders extending sufficiently above the roof edge were also missing. The company had been inspected seven times since 2023, each time with fall protection violations. Proposed: $349,754 (2 wilful, 4 repeat violations).

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

29 CFR 1926 Subpart M (Fall Protection), Subpart X (Ladders)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Construction and real estate

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

yes

Published

23 Jul 2026

Original amount 349,754 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.

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The managing director under commercial law of a GmbH (anonymised in the decision as ‘L GmbH’, insolvent in 2025) had underpaid twelve employees by considerable amounts, partly in 2023 and predominantly in 2024. The Vienna municipal authority (Magistrat der Stadt Wien) imposed 38,000 EUR, and the Vienna Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht Wien) reduced this to 15,000 EUR; Austria's Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof, VwGH) rejected the appeal on points of law (Ra 2026/11/0064).

Authority / court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Vorinstanzen: Magistrat der Stadt Wien, Verwaltungsgericht Wien)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 29 Abs. 1 Lohn- und Sozialdumping-Bekämpfungsgesetz (LSD-BG)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction of the fine by the Vienna Administrative Court.

Liability of senior managers

The fine is directed against the managing director under commercial law.

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During an inspection in December 2024, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found dust escaping from machinery, blowing down with compressed air and dry sweeping at the bakery ingredients factory; measurements confirmed that workplace exposure limits had been exceeded, with a risk of asthma. In addition, employees lifted 25 kg sacks by hand every day. The site had already been cited in 2021 for the same deficiencies; fine of 120,000 GBP plus 6,270 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

Repeat case

yes

Published

20 Jul 2026

Original amount 120,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jul 2026.

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At the truck parts distributor's Corpus Christi (Texas) site, an employee was asphyxiated while inspecting a tank trailer. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found no confined space programme, deficiencies in the respiratory protection programme and electrical hazards, and proposed $264,380 (16 serious, 3 other violations).

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

29 CFR 1910.146 (Permit-required confined spaces); 29 CFR 1910.134 (Respiratory protection)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Retail and e-commerce

Published

15 Jul 2026

Original amount 264,380 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Jul 2026.

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At the warehouse and distribution centre in Listowel (around 130 employees at the site), a worker fell around 1.2 m while climbing down a ladder at high-bay racking. He had not been adequately informed, instructed and supervised on the safe use of ladders. Fine of CA$70,000 plus victim fine surcharge.

Authority / court

Provincial Offences Court Stratford (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Sections 25(2)(a), 66(1) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Retail and e-commerce

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea.

Published

8 Jul 2026

Original amount 70,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.

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In the teaching hospital's virology laboratory, the lid of a centrifuge fell on an employee who had to hold it open by hand because of a defective gas spring; she was seriously injured. Maintenance reports from 2023 and 2024 had already called for the spring to be replaced. Fine of CA$65,000 plus victim fine surcharge.

Authority / court

Provincial Offences Court Hamilton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 25(1)(b) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Healthcare

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea; repair two days after the accident.

Published

21 Jul 2026

Original amount 65,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.

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Despite improvement notices from September 2024 and February 2025, the manufacturer of skips and metal containers failed to implement any measures against carcinogenic welding fume (mild steel) – with neither extraction nor respiratory protection; in addition, there was no health surveillance for hearing for employees exposed to noise. Fine of £30,000 plus costs.

Authority / court

Warrington Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Nichtbefolgung von Improvement Notices)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Steel and metals

Repeat case

yes

Published

18 Jun 2026

Original amount 30,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2026.

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At the Port of Aberdeen, an employee loosening a lorry curtain was struck by a reversing forklift truck and suffered multiple fractures and a degloving injury. Pedestrians and vehicles were not separated during simultaneous loading and unloading. Fine of £146,700.

Authority / court

Aberdeen Sheriff Court (Ermittlung: Health and Safety Executive)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Regulation 17(1) Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992; Section 33(1)(c) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

28 May 2026

Original amount 146,700 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2026.

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In October 2024, an employee of the egg producer climbed between two running manure conveyors to check a noise and was caught at the in-running nip; he suffered nerve damage to both arms. The drive had no fixed or interlocked guards – instruction and clothing rules alone were not sufficient. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 53,000 GBP.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Aberdeen Sheriff Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 11(1) und (2); Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 33(1)(c)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

Published

13 May 2026

Original amount 53,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 May 2026.

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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 and its director did not comply with the 2023 orders to pay; in proceedings held in their absence, the court imposed CA$100,000 on the company and CA$50,000 on the director (plus victim fine surcharge).

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

Director Son-Van Duong personally fined CA$50,000.

Published

3 Jun 2026

Original amount 150,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Apr 2026.

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In 2019, an employee stepped into a puddle of caustic soda; his safety boots offered no protection, and his leg had to be amputated below the knee. In 2022, another worker suffered chemical burns during manual decanting. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found leaking pipes and valves, a lack of maintenance, no risk assessment for decanting and untested safety footwear; fine of 3.8 million GBP plus 124,748 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Southwark Crown Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, reg. 7(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Published

24 Apr 2026

Original amount 3,800,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Apr 2026.

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In June 2025, an employee in San Jose lost a finger on a press brake without guarding – identical to an accident in June 2024 for which the business had already been fined $43,500. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) imposed $212,850 (including a wilful repeat violation); the employer appealed.

Authority / court

California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (Maschinenschutz)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

under appeal

Sector

Steel and metals

Culpability

intentional

Repeat case

yes

Published

26 Feb 2026

Original amount 212,850 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Feb 2026.

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A Romanian construction firm, acting as a subcontractor for a Düsseldorf client, deployed 15 workers on a construction site in the district of Emmendingen without registering them for social insurance; the loss amounted to around 85,000 EUR. The managing director received a final penalty order (Strafbefehl) of 15,000 EUR and a fine of 1,316 EUR (date = publication).

Authority / court

Amtsgericht Kenzingen / Hauptzollamt Lörrach (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 266a StGB (Vorenthalten und Veruntreuen von Arbeitsentgelt); SGB IV (Meldepflichten)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Construction and real estate

Culpability

intentional

Liability of senior managers

Managing director personally convicted by penalty order.

Published

23 Feb 2026

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In December 2023, a machinist was caught by a lathe and fatally injured while finishing a rotating workpiece with emery cloth. The forge had not prohibited manual work with emery cloth, had not prevented access to moving parts and had not carried out a risk assessment; the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 750,000 GBP plus 38,314 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Walsall Magistrates' Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Steel and metals

Published

18 Feb 2026

Original amount 750,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Feb 2026.

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The managing director of a Polish construction company with twelve employees (anonymised in the decision as ‘P Sp. z o.o.’), which was working as a subcontractor on a motorway bridge construction site in Upper Austria, had paid five rebar benders below the collectively agreed wage in March 2023. The Gmunden district authority (Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmunden) imposed 12,500 EUR, and the Upper Austria Regional Administrative Court (Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich) reduced this to 11,000 EUR; Austria's Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof, VwGH) rejected the appeal on points of law (Ra 2025/11/0196).

Authority / court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Vorinstanzen: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmunden, Landesverwaltungsgericht Oberösterreich)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 29 Abs. 1 Lohn- und Sozialdumping-Bekämpfungsgesetz (LSD-BG)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

reduced

Sector

Construction and real estate

Employees

Under 50

Mitigating circumstances

Reduction of the fine by the Regional Administrative Court.

Liability of senior managers

The fine is directed against the managing director as the person responsible under administrative criminal law.

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The Bezirkshauptmannschaft (district administrative authority) penalised the managing director of a Tyrolean hospital operator because in September 2022 physicians had not been granted sufficient rest periods after extended shifts and maximum duty hours had been exceeded; the Regional Administrative Court set aside several counts because the time clock data were said to have been incorrect. On an official appeal on points of law (Amtsrevision) by the Minister of Labour, the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Administrative Court, VwGH) partly set aside that ruling: witness statements alone are not sufficient to rebut time clock records.

Authority / court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof (VwGH); Strafbehörde: Bezirkshauptmannschaft Innsbruck

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Working time

Legal basis

§§ 4 Abs. 4 Z 1, 7 Abs. 3, 11 Abs. 1, 12 Abs. 1 Krankenanstalten-Arbeitszeitgesetz (KA-AZG); § 9 VStG

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Healthcare

Liability of senior managers

Fines imposed on the managing director under commercial law; liability of the company under § 9(7) VStG.

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Following the COVID death of a farmworker in employer-provided housing, the California Labor Commissioner's Office sued the agricultural business in Santa Maria in 2021: more than 10,000 farmworkers, including H-2A seasonal workers, had not been informed of their entitlement to paid sick leave; in addition, there was unpaid travel time as well as overtime and minimum wage violations. The settlement of $6,175,000 (of which $4.2 million goes directly to workers) includes posting and reporting obligations.

Authority / court

California Labor Commissioner's Office (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

California Labor Code (Paid Sick Leave, COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave, Mindestlohn, Überstunden)

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

Published

4 Feb 2026

Original amount 6,175,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Feb 2026.

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While flange bolts were being removed from a steam trap in November 2023, a corroded isolation valve failed and high-pressure steam escaped; the contractor's fitter narrowly escaped serious injury. The agrochemicals group had not maintained work equipment and had not assessed the risk despite known corrosion (only single instead of double isolation). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 400,000 GBP plus 8,288 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Leeds Magistrates' Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, reg. 5(1); Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 3(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Employees

10,000 or more

Published

28 Jan 2026

Original amount 400,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Jan 2026.

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Between June and December 2023, a logistics and transport business withheld a total of around 2,000 EUR in minimum wages from several employees, breached reporting and immediate notification obligations, and in July/August 2023 employed a foreign national without a residence permit. The fines: 5,231 EUR (minimum wage), 750 EUR each (reporting obligations) and 7,000 EUR (unauthorised employment of foreign nationals), totalling 13,731 EUR (date = publication).

Authority / court

Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 21 Abs. 1 Nr. 11 MiLoG; § 111 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 SGB IV; § 404 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 SGB III

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Published

22 Jan 2026

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During a public order training exercise in February 2021, police officers wearing flame-retardant protective clothing had petrol bombs thrown at them; four officers suffered burns with permanent scarring. There was no information on the service life and testing of the PPE, no risk assessment for the manufacture and use of the petrol bombs, and no safe systems of work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 60,000 GBP plus 9,470 GBP in costs.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Sheffield Magistrates' Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Published

20 Jan 2026

Original amount 60,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Jan 2026.

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A Bulgarian construction company that worked as a subcontractor for a German firm on a major construction site in the district of Tuttlingen between January and May 2023 paid below the minimum wage, recorded only the duration of working time rather than its start and end, and did not register the posting. The decisions issued in September 2025, final since the end of 2025, amount to 232,500 EUR – of which 215,000 EUR is disgorgement of the economic benefit and 17,500 EUR is imposed on the managing director (date = publication; exact date of the decision not specified).

Authority / court

Hauptzollamt Singen (Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

Mindestlohngesetz; Arbeitnehmer-Entsendegesetz (Aufzeichnungs- und Meldepflichten)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Construction and real estate

Liability of senior managers

Separate fine of 17,500 EUR against the managing director.

Published

9 Jan 2026

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In June 2023, a lamp post dating from the 1950s/60s, whose steel at the base was at least 60 % rusted through, fell over and seriously injured a pedestrian. The post had been rated as poor in 2022 but was not scheduled for replacement until 2024; the council's visual inspections did not identify the acute risk of collapse. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 80,000 GBP.

Authority / court

Health and Safety Executive (Glasgow Sheriff Court)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 3(1)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Public sector

Published

12 Jan 2026

Original amount 80,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 8 Jan 2026.

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In May/June 2022, the working time records of an asparagus business (anonymised in the judgment) deviated structurally from the hours actually worked; among other things, Sunday work went unrecorded, so compliance with working and rest times could not be checked. The Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Dutch Council of State (Raad van State, Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak) upheld the fine of 11,250 EUR, imposed in 2023 without prior warning, including the increase factor of 1.5.

Authority / court

Raad van State, Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak (Bußgeld: Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Working time

Legal basis

Art. 4:3 Abs. 1 Arbeidstijdenwet

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Food and agriculture

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While feeding a tube polishing machine that had no guarding and defective rollers, an employee's hand was drawn into the machine; one finger was partially severed and two others were crushed. The business had not prevented access to dangerous machine parts. Fine of £24,000 plus costs.

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

Regulation 11(1) Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Steel and metals

Published

8 Dec 2025

Original amount 24,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Dec 2025.

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Two employers remunerated part-time workers solely by providing a company car. Germany's Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht, BSG) upheld the German pension insurance's claims for additional contributions: the benefit in kind does not satisfy the minimum wage entitlement, and contributions must be paid on the minimum wage owed (B 12 BA 8/24 R, B 12 BA 6/23 R).

Authority / court

Bundessozialgericht, 12. Senat (Betriebsprüfung: Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 1 MiLoG; § 28p SGB IV (Betriebsprüfung)

Action

Order

Status of proceedings

final

Published

14 Nov 2025

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In 2018, an employee died on the premises of a company (anonymised in the judgment as ‘D. AG’) when a steel lorry trailer chassis weighing around two tonnes fell while being lifted by crane: an unprotected lifting sling tore on a sharp edge, edge protection was missing, the employees had not been trained to keep out of the danger zone of suspended loads, and requirements imposed by SUVA (the Swiss accident insurance fund) in 2013/2014 had not been implemented. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) upheld the convictions for negligent homicide against the managing director (180 daily rates of 410 CHF, suspended) and the safety officer (180 daily rates of 170 CHF, suspended), totalling 104,400 CHF (6B_521/2025, 6B_523/2025).

Authority / court

Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Freiburg, Strafappellationshof)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Art. 117 StGB (fahrlässige Tötung) i. V. m. Sorgfaltspflichten der Arbeitssicherheit

Action

Other

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Manufacturing and mechanical engineering

Culpability

negligent

Mitigating circumstances

Monetary penalties imposed on a suspended basis.

Liability of senior managers

Managing director and safety officer personally convicted of negligent homicide.

Original amount 104,400 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Nov 2025.

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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 owned by the Hong family concealed the employer; the Notice of Final Findings of 21 October 2025 established 438,204 USD, with OptumCare jointly liable as the client.

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

Members of the owning family and an acquaintance cited personally.

Published

24 Nov 2025

Original amount 438,204 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Oct 2025.

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In February 2020, a scaffolder employed without a work permit fell around 4.5 m from scaffolding; the owner and managing director of the scaffolding company (anonymised in the judgment as ‘A.A. GmbH’) did not call the emergency services despite knowing of the accident, and had employed two Kosovars without permits. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgericht) upheld the conviction by the Lucerne Cantonal Court (Kantonsgericht Luzern): a suspended custodial sentence of 9 months and an unconditional monetary penalty of 80 daily rates of 410 CHF (32,800 CHF), plus a fine of 2,000 CHF that also covers traffic offences (6B_163/2024).

Authority / court

Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (Vorinstanz: Kantonsgericht Luzern)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

Art. 128 StGB (Unterlassung der Nothilfe); Ausländer- und Integrationsgesetz (Beschäftigung ohne Bewilligung)

Action

Custodial sentence

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Construction and real estate

Culpability

intentional

Liability of senior managers

Owner and managing director convicted personally.

Original amount 32,800 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 Sep 2025.

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The Koreatown restaurant regularly denied 48 employees meal and rest breaks, required them to remain available for guests even during the lunch break, did not pay split-shift premiums and did not pay all wages. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office imposed 680,238 USD, of which 538,638 USD for the benefit of the employees.

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 (Meal and Rest Periods, Split Shift Premium, Lohnabrechnung)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

unknown

Sector

Food and agriculture

Liability of senior managers

Owner Byung Kwan Lee named in the announcement.

Original amount 680,238 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Sep 2025.

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A taxi operator from the district of Karlsruhe, who also ran a café, had taxi drivers fill in shift sheets incompletely, destroyed documents subject to retention requirements and failed to pay over social insurance contributions of more than 440,000 EUR; in addition, he wrongly claimed short-time working allowance (Kurzarbeitergeld). Final: 1 year and 4 months' imprisonment suspended on probation, 120 hours of community service and restitution of the loss (date = publication).

Authority / court

Amtsgericht Karlsruhe (Ermittlung: Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe, FKS)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work

Legal basis

§ 266a StGB (126 Fälle)

Action

Custodial sentence

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Transport, logistics and shipping

Culpability

intentional

Mitigating circumstances

Sentence suspended on probation.

Liability of senior managers

Operator convicted personally.

Published

28 Aug 2025

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When restarting a hardening furnace (hydrogen and oil quench bath) that had been shut down for weeks, residual vapours ignited because too much time elapsed between the nitrogen purge and ignition; two workers were seriously injured. Only one was wearing flame-resistant clothing; the other had not been provided with any. Fine of CA$144,000 plus victim fine surcharge.

Authority / court

Ontario Court of Justice Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)

Area of law

Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents

Legal basis

Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)

Action

Fine

Status of proceedings

final

Sector

Steel and metals

Mitigating circumstances

Guilty plea.

Published

21 Aug 2025

Original amount 144,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Jul 2025.

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