In November 2025, it was reported that Italian prosecutors have placed Tod’s and three of its executives under investigation for alleged labour abuses impacting workers employed by at least five Tod's subcontractors, including migrant workers from China.

Fashion Network reported that the workers were subjected to “degrading” living conditions and other abuses linked to working hours, violence, wage theft, and safety. Tod’s told journalists it is reviewing the allegations.

The probe is the most recent in a series of allegations of human rights abuse in the supply chains of luxury brands in Italy, including recent investigations into thirteen major fashion brands alongside previous allegations of abuse in the supply chains of Loro Piana, Dior, Velentino, Armani and Alviero Martini.

However, prosecutors are for the first time alleging Tod’s is complicit in the abuses, as third party audits flagged the problems over several years, but the issues were ‘ignored’. Prosecutors are allegedly seeking a six-month ban blanket ban on company advertising, according to Reuters.

Tod’s is partly owned by an LVMH-subsidiary and by LVMH-backed L Catterton. Reuters reported that L Catterton took Tod’s private in 2024.

In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations of abuse impacting Chinese workers at factories subcontracted by Tod’s; disclose steps they have taken and will take to use their leverage to ensure timely remediation for the impacted workers; and to disclose any human rights due diligence they take to inform their investment decisions, including steps they take to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for adverse impacts by investee companies or in the supply chain of investee companies. LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.