<Ul> <Li> In 2014, a former Lidl UK worker won a case against Lidl after reporting a food safety violation and being bullied from his job . </Li> <Li> In 2015, it was reported that Lidl had violated labour legislation in Poland such as forcing employees to work for over 13 hours a day, according to reports from the state labour inspectorate . A chairman in the Solidarity trade union in Poland said that Lidl managers harass and intimidate employees who want to organize . </Li> <Li> In 2015, a Lidl warehouse worker committed suicide by hanging himself at his workplace in Rousset, Bouches - du - Rhône, France . According to a labour inspection survey, Lidl had repeatedly harassed the worker with demeaning comments and unreachable orders . The worker had told a relative that he had been doing the work of five employees . </Li> <Li> In 2016, Oxfam in Germany revealed the following about the working conditions on certain fruit plantations that supply Lidl: Workers have to work there simultaneously when pesticides are dropped on the plantation . Workers have said that they suffer from frequent illnesses and miscarriages . Work contracts are oral and for three months only . Many workers do not want to form labour unions in fear of retaliation . </Li> <Li> In 2016, poisonous xylene was discovered in a gravy sold by Lidl UK . </Li> <Li> In 2017, all of Lithuania's major newspapers reported that Lidl Lithuania, compared to other Lidl markets, sets higher prices on identical products despite lower expenses including rent, salaries, etc . </Li> <Li> In 2017, Italian police arrested 15 people from 4 of Lidl's offices during investigation into ties with Laudani crime family . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 2014, a former Lidl UK worker won a case against Lidl after reporting a food safety violation and being bullied from his job . </Li> <Li> In 2015, it was reported that Lidl had violated labour legislation in Poland such as forcing employees to work for over 13 hours a day, according to reports from the state labour inspectorate . A chairman in the Solidarity trade union in Poland said that Lidl managers harass and intimidate employees who want to organize . </Li> <Li> In 2015, a Lidl warehouse worker committed suicide by hanging himself at his workplace in Rousset, Bouches - du - Rhône, France . According to a labour inspection survey, Lidl had repeatedly harassed the worker with demeaning comments and unreachable orders . The worker had told a relative that he had been doing the work of five employees . </Li>

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