Infosys's time-tracking system broke French labor rules. France fined it €175,000.

Infosys, the Indian IT services group, employs thousands of people in France. French labour law sets strict rules on how employers must record working time — the basis for the 35-hour week, overtime and rest periods — and requires a system that is reliable and auditable. In 2026 the regional labour authority for the Paris region, DRIEETS Île-de-France, examined Infosys's time-recording system and found it did not meet those requirements.

The regulator cited reliability, auditability and monitoring gaps affecting some categories of employee. In other words, the system that was supposed to prove how long people worked could not be fully trusted to do so. On 25 July 2026 Infosys disclosed to the stock exchanges that it had been fined €175,000 — about ₹1.9 crore — for the non-compliance. The company said the penalty was limited in nature and would have no material impact on its business.

The fine is small for a company of Infosys's size; the lesson is not. A global employer that runs one time-tracking system across many jurisdictions has to meet the strictest local standard in each, and France's is among the strictest. A system that is good enough somewhere but leaves audit gaps in France is, there, a breach — and the failure was not the fine but the assumption that a single global tool would satisfy a high-regulation labour market without local adjustment.