Is the amount paid to a labor office official to avoid a worker's deportation, a large fine imposed on the company, and the suspension of its activities considered a bribe, and what should be done in this situation?

The money paid to an official at the labor office to waive a legally mandated penalty is considered a bribe, which is forbidden and a grave sin. However, if the penalties are not legally mandated, then the bribe is permissible for the one who pays it if he intends to ward off injustice, but it remains forbidden for the one who receives it.