Intel: $113M in Penalties Since 2000

According to Good Jobs First's Violation Tracker, Intel and companies currently under its ownership have accumulated approximately $113M in penalties across 9 cases since 2000.

Here's the breakdown:

Competition-related: $104M

2015: $104M - Price-fixing or anti-competitive practices (private federal lawsuit)

Employment-related: $8.5M

2018: $5M - Wage and hour violation (private state lawsuit)
2019: $3.5M - Employment discrimination (U.S. Department of Labor, OFCCP)

Environmental: $213K

2014: $143K - Oregon environmental violation
2023: $31K - Oregon environmental violation
2026: $39K - EPA environmental violation

Other violations: $155K

2014: $144K - FCC telecommunications violation
2017: $5K - OSHA workplace safety violation
2013: $6K - FAA aviation safety violation

A few observations:

Roughly 92% of the total comes from a single competition-related case.
The $8.5M in employment-related penalties is arguably more relevant to Intel employees, particularly given ongoing discussions about compensation, layoffs, and management practices.
These cases span more than two decades and don't necessarily reflect current practices.
The database includes private lawsuit settlements as well as government enforcement actions, so not every amount represents a government fine.

What interests me most are the 2018 wage and hour case ($5M) and 2019 employment discrimination case ($3.5M). Did those settlements lead to any meaningful changes in how Intel treats its employees?

Source: Good Jobs First, Violation Tracker (2026)

https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/

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@bd I don’t believe you have evidence of any of the claims you have alleged.

Great. If someone sue the criminal Intel, I would like to give a lot of evidence.

For example,

Intel manager released top secrets to external companies, most likely the manager is bribed.
How Intel users non-related people view external customer's foundry data, this is a serious violation. This can disqualify Intel for foundry business.
How managers bully engineers constantly.
How managers tell lies.
How Automation group cheated Pat on "AI everywhere", by making a fake demo to the world.

@a4
Leather jacket will do no perp walk. He will collect a big bonus this year and years to come. Watch.
At the most congress will call him for a show hearing and ask him questions angrily.

113M over a period of 26 years is peanuts for a company like Intel. It’s like a rich dude doing a parking violation for convenience knowing the fine will be paltry.
If you think you live in a representative democracy you are deluded.

@OP $113M sound like a lot on its own but this is over nearly 26 years... over a quarter of a century. In the same time frame Intel has earned around $1.3 trillion in revenue. Your $113 M isn't going to be noticed and it certainly isn't going to cause the company to change its behavior.

Those are just the typical taxes for doing business in Silicon Valley.

At least Intel did not keep selling chips to China when told to stop, unlike a certain other company..

Get ready to see a leather jacket doing a perp walk.

It's coming..

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