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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific: 1,838 cases from 37 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 authority- High Court Auckland (Klage: Commerce Commission) €214,691 78 % · 1 case
- Employment Relations Authority (Verfahren des Labour Inspectorate, MBIE) €45,501 17 % · 1 case
- Employment Relations Authority, Wellington (Antrag: Labour Inspector, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) €15,350 6 % · 1 case
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €15,350 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €214,691 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €45,501 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
3 cases
3 Sep 2026 SSM Investments LimitedTakeaway operator SSM Investments: 90,000 NZD penalty for worker exploitation €45,501
The restaurant and takeaway business with branches in Auckland and Cromwell did not pay five employees the minimum wage, denied holiday, public holiday and sick pay, made unlawful deductions from wages and kept no accurate wage, time and leave records. After the Employment Relations Authority (ERA, New Zealand's employment tribunal) had already ordered arrears of 147,001 NZD, it imposed a penalty of 90,000 NZD against the company following an investigation by the Labour Inspectorate (labour standards enforcement unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment). Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Minimum wage, holiday pay and proper time records are mandatory.
Minimum wage, holiday pay and permissible wage deductions
- Authority / court
- Employment Relations Authority (Verfahren des Labour Inspectorate, MBIE)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- The company acknowledged its wrongdoing.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 90,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Sep 2026.
- Employment New Zealand (MBIE): Restaurant and owner fined $130,000 for exploiting workers (03.09.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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9 Mar 2026 Alderson Logistics Limited; Supa Shavings (2022) LimitedAlderson Logistics and Supa Shavings: 420,000 NZD for an anti-competitive acquisition without clearance €214,691
In May 2022, without seeking clearance, Alderson Logistics and its associated company Supa Shavings (2022) acquired the businesses of the two largest suppliers of bulk wood shavings used as bedding by chicken and goat farmers in the Waikato, which together held a market share of at least 70 to 80% and were each other's closest competitors. Following a settlement with the Commerce Commission (New Zealand's competition regulator), the High Court imposed an allegedly agreed penalty of 420,000 NZD jointly against both for breaching the prohibition on acquisitions in s 47 of the Commerce Act. It was the first time the Commission had also sought divestment where a breach was admitted; the divestment did not succeed.
Even without a mandatory filing regime, acquisitions between close competitors should be checked under competition law beforehand and notified for clearance where in doubt.
Competition law review of acquisitions without a filing obligation
- Authority / court
- High Court Auckland (Klage: Commerce Commission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Commerce Act 1986, s 47
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Published
- 9 Mar 2026
Original amount 420,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Mar 2026.
- Commerce Commission: ComCom action sees companies penalised after acquisitions lessened competition (09.03.2026) Press release of an authority
- Commerce Commission, Case register: Alderson Logistics Limited, R.L.S. Transport Limited, ABS Carriers Limited, Supa Shavings Limited (PRJ0046977) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jul 2025 Well Sushi LimitedWell Sushi (New Zealand): 30,000 NZD penalty for minimum wage and holiday breaches €15,350
On the application of a Labour Inspector, the Employment Relations Authority (New Zealand's employment relations tribunal) ordered Well Sushi Limited to pay a penalty of 30,000 NZD to the Crown. The company had admitted failing to pay an employee on a work visa the minimum wage for all hours worked, miscalculating his annual leave, public holiday and sick leave entitlements and failing to keep complete time and wage records; arrears totalling 53,940.03 NZD had already been paid under a settlement. No penalties were sought against the co-respondent Hutt Food Limited because the time limit had expired.
Incomplete time records are not a mere formality: they lead to incorrect wage and leave calculations – particularly for employees on work visas.
Time recording as the basis for correct wage and leave calculations
- Authority / court
- Employment Relations Authority, Wellington (Antrag: Labour Inspector, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Relations Act 2000 (ss. 130, 135), Minimum Wage Act 1983 (s. 6), Holidays Act 2003 (u. a. ss. 16, 24, 25, 28A, 40, 49, 50, 60, 71, 72, 81)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement without a hearing, full payment of arrears, changed payroll processes and no previous breaches; the Authority therefore reduced the calculated 40,000 NZD to 30,000 NZD.
Original amount 30,000 NZD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jul 2025.
- A Labour Inspector v Hutt Food Limited, Well Sushi Limited and Anor, [2025] NZERA 404 (Employment Relations Authority, Determination 9 July 2025) Decision of an authority
- ERA Determinations Database – LABOUR INSPECTOR v HUTT FOOD LIMITED and Ors, [2025] NZERA 404 (Main Category: Penalty) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link