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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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- Construction and real estate €1.42m 40 % · 2 cases
- Other €741,341 21 % · 6 cases
- Food and agriculture €606,838 17 % · 3 cases
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering €500,000 14 % · 2 cases
- Media and online platforms €153,300 4 % · 1 case
- Retail and e-commerce €50,000 1 % · 2 cases
- Energy and utilities €27,000 1 % · 1 case
- Transport, logistics and shipping €13,731 0 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | €331,466 |
| 2024 | 2 | €620,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | €161,250 |
| 2026 | 7 | €2.39m |
18 cases
27 Aug 2026 Flower bulb business failed to disclose hours of Polish seasonal workers – fine of around 95,600 EUR €95,588
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.
Companies employing seasonal workers must be able to document hours and wage payments for each person without gaps – missing records are fined separately for each employee.
- 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.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · 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
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13 Aug 2026 Plattform für Freelancer und neun entleihende Unternehmen (anonymisiert)Labour Authority fines freelance platform and nine hirers €153,300
The Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority) imposed fines totalling 153,300 EUR on a platform for freelancers and nine companies that used it to deploy foreign workers without a right to work in hospitality and education: 146,500 EUR under the Wav (Foreign Nationals Employment Act) (platform 66,000 EUR, the nine hirers 4,000 to 27,000 EUR each, together 80,500 EUR) and 6,800 EUR under the Waadi (Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act) (platform 3,400 EUR, two hirers 2,000 and 1,400 EUR). The platform regarded itself merely as an intermediary; based on how it actually operated, the Labour Authority classed it as an employer under the broad Wav definition.
Platforms placing workers can be treated as employers based on how they actually operate and must check the right to work; hirers are liable as well.
Employer obligations of placement platforms and hirers
- 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 allocatie arbeidskrachten door intermediairs (Waadi)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie: Freelanceplatform en 9 bedrijven beboet voor illegale tewerkstelling Press release of an authority
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31 Jul 2026 Whitemountain Quarries Limited€1.2m fine for Whitemountain Quarries after fatal roadworks incident €1.2m
At roadworks on the R238 in Donegal in August 2020, one wheel of a car dropped onto the unfinished hard shoulder; when the driver steered back, the car slid on the freshly laid surface and went into Lough Foyle; three occupants drowned and one was injured, and appropriate temporary traffic management was lacking. The company pleaded guilty to breaching its duties towards non-employees under s. 12 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and was fined €1,200,000.
Employers at roadworks in public spaces are also liable for the safety of third parties; signage and guidance measures must remain adequate until the works are finished.
- Authority / court
- Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Authority)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- s. 12 i. V. m. s. 77(9)(a) Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Published
- 31 Jul 2026
- HSA: Whitemountain Quarries Limited fined €1.2 million after fatal roadworks incident claimed three lives (31.07.2026) Press release of an authority
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27 Jul 2026 Dairymaster Unlimited Company€400,000 fine for Dairymaster after fatal incident involving milking parlour gate €400,000
In July 2020 a farmer on a dairy farm in County Limerick was fatally injured by a pneumatically operated milking parlour gate designed and manufactured by Dairymaster. The company pleaded guilty to six counts; the court imposed €200,000 each for breaches of s. 16(3) and s. 16(1)(a) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (duties of designers and manufacturers), totalling €400,000, with the remaining counts taken into consideration.
Manufacturers of work equipment are criminally liable for safe design, testing and adequate safety information.
- Authority / court
- Limerick Circuit Criminal Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Authority)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- s. 16(1)(a), 16(3) i. V. m. s. 77(2)(a), 77(9)(a) Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Published
- 28 Jul 2026
- HSA: Dairymaster Unlimited Company fined €400,000 following a fatal workplace incident (28.07.2026) Press release of an authority
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22 Jan 2026 Logistics business: fines for minimum wage, reporting and foreign employment violations €13,731
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).
Even small wage arrears are penalised individually alongside reporting and residence violations – HR processes for new hires need a fixed checklist.
Immediate notification and checking of work permits when hiring
- 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
- Zoll ahndet Mindestlohn- und Meldepflichtverstöße bei Logistikunternehmen (Hauptzollamt Karlsruhe) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jan 2026 Bulgarian construction subcontractor: 215,000 EUR for paying below the minimum wage €215,000
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. Around 215,000 EUR was imposed on the company, corresponding to the economic benefit obtained by paying below the minimum wage; the decision issued in September 2025 has been final since the end of 2025 (date = publication; exact date of the decision not specified).
General contractors should actively check the minimum wage, working time records and posting notifications of their foreign subcontractors; the economic benefit is disgorged in full.
- 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
- Published
- 9 Jan 2026
- Zeit, Geld, Meldepflicht – Zoll ahndet Verstöße mit sechsstelligem Bußgeld (Hauptzollamt Singen) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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17 Dec 2025 Asparagus farm without reliable working time records: Raad van State upholds 11,250 EUR €11,250
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.
Working time records that do not reflect actual hours are treated as missing – businesses are then sanctioned without prior warning.
Correct recording of working and rest times
- 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
- Raad van State, ECLI:NL:RVS:2025:6142 vom 17.12.2025 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Nov 2025 BSG: company car does not replace the minimum wage – additional contribution claims upheld Order
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).
Remuneration models involving benefits in kind should be checked for minimum wage compliance before they are introduced – otherwise additional contribution claims going back years may follow.
Minimum wage in money only – benefits in kind in payroll
- 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
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Feb 2025 Jumbo (Supermarktkette)OM: €50,000 penalty order for Jumbo after fatal accident at distribution centre €50,000
The Openbaar Ministerie (OM, Dutch Public Prosecution Service) imposed a penalty order of 50,000 EUR on the supermarket chain Jumbo for breaching Art. 32 of the Arbeidsomstandighedenwet (Dutch Working Conditions Act) after an employee was fatally struck by one of the company’s reversing lorries at the distribution centre in Woerden on 20 October 2021. According to the investigation by the Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority), the designated smoking area was next to the loading docks and lorry traffic without adequate separation, and the lorry’s reversing alarm had been switched off. Jumbo has redesigned the smoking area, had reversing alarms activate automatically at every start, cooperated and is additionally paying a sum to the bereaved family.
Break and smoking areas belong in the risk assessment for site traffic and must be physically separated from loading and driving zones.
Traffic routes, loading docks and break areas in logistics
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM), Functioneel Parket; Ermittlungen Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Art. 32 Arbeidsomstandighedenwet (Arbowet); Strafbefehl des OM
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Subsequent safety measures, cooperation, payment to the bereaved family.
- Published
- 18 Feb 2025
- OM: Jumbo betaalt boete voor dodelijk arbeidsongeval distributiecentrum Woerden Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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10 Feb 2025 Fatal pallet fall in warehouse: 100,000 EUR fine for industrial door manufacturer €100,000
In January 2023, in the warehouse of a manufacturer of industrial doors in Didam (anonymised in the judgment), a 792 kg pallet fell from an unstable stack four high onto a new employee, who died; the forklift used, fitted with fork extensions, had no CE marking of its own and was unsuitable for the load, the risk assessment was incomplete and the instruction of the victim, who did not speak Dutch, was inadequate. The Overijssel District Court (Rechtbank Overijssel, economic division) imposed 100,000 EUR (of which 25,000 EUR suspended) for intentional violations of the Dutch Working Conditions Act (Arbowet), plus 17,500 EUR in damages to the mother (ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2025:711).
Instruct employees in a language they understand – and draw consequences from earlier reportable accidents.
Instruction of employees who speak other languages; safe stacking
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Rechtbank Overijssel (economische kamer)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Art. 32 Arbeidsomstandighedenwet i. V. m. Art. 5 Abs. 1, 8 Abs. 1 Arbeidsomstandighedenwet; Art. 3.17, 7.2 Abs. 1, 7.18 Abs. 2 Arbeidsomstandighedenbesluit
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous convictions of the company; part of the fine suspended.
- Rechtbank Overijssel, ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2025:711 vom 10.02.2025 Court decision
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30 Jan 2024 Vegetable grower cheats harvest workers out of minimum wage: around 500,000 EUR in fines and confiscation €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).
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
- Zoll, Presse (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 30 Jan 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
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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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13 Oct 2023 a Dutch offshore construction companyNetherlands: EUR 27,000 fine on an offshore construction company as project crew worked up to 27 days in a row €27,000
The Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment fined a Dutch company whose activities include building and maintaining offshore wind farms EUR 27,000: according to the findings of the mining regulator Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen (Dutch State Supervision of Mines), twelve members of a project crew working on the construction of an offshore wind farm had worked on more than 14 consecutive days between 23 November and 20 December 2022; eleven of them for 20 days and one for 27 days in a row. The company argued without success that the working time rules for seafarers applied to the crew, which worked mainly on a crane vessel; the competent court dismissed its appeal on 20 November 2025.
For offshore work, the nature of the work determines which working time rules apply: anyone working for a wind farm is subject to the stricter offshore rules, even if the crew works mainly on board a ship.
Maximum number of consecutive working days in offshore work
- Authority / court
- Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (Bußgeld; Aufsicht: Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen); bestätigt durch Rechtbank Rotterdam
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- Arbeidstijdenwet; Art. 5.14:2 Abs. 3 i. V. m. Art. 5.17:2 Arbeidstijdenbesluit (Arbeit auf, von oder für einen Windpark auf See)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Published
- 1 Dec 2025
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 13 Oct 2025 · Direct link
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22 Sep 2023 a German outdoor retailerHamburg: order to record working time against outdoor retailer upheld by court Order
Following an anonymous complaint about Sunday work and overlong working days, the Hamburg Amt für Arbeitsschutz (Office for Occupational Safety) ordered one of Europe's largest outdoor retailers on 22 September 2023 to record the actual working hours of all employees, including those on trust-based working time, with start, end and duration, and to submit records. On 21 August 2024 the Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg (Hamburg Administrative Court) largely dismissed the action, finding § 22(3) sentence 1 no. 1 ArbSchG (German Occupational Safety and Health Act) a sufficient legal basis; only part of one item had become moot.
Trust-based working time does not exempt from time recording; occupational safety authorities can enforce it by order without waiting for new legislation.
Duty to record working time even under trust-based working time
- Authority / court
- Amt für Arbeitsschutz Hamburg (Behörde für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz); bestätigt durch Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg, Kammer 15
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Working time
- Legal basis
- § 22 Abs. 3 Satz 1 Nr. 1 ArbSchG i. V. m. § 3 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 ArbSchG (Aufzeichnungsanordnung); § 17 Abs. 4 ArbZG (Vorlage von Arbeitszeitaufzeichnungen)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 21 Aug 2024
- VG Hamburg, Urteil vom 21.08.2024, 15 K 964/24 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 22 Sep 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