Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type  | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecolab | Ecolab | chemicals | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $27,400,000 |
| Wayne Farms LLC | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,375,000 |
| Sears Roebuck | Sears | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,000,000 |
| NCR | NCR Corp. | miscellaneous manufacturing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,500,000 |
| MetLife | MetLife | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,400,000 |
| PG&E | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $17,250,000 |
| Duane Reade | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Penn Mutual | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,880,000 |
| Sprint | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,771,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $152,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| HSBC Auto Finance | HSBC | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $420,000 |
| United Parcel Service | United Parcel Service | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| Freedom Communications dba Orange County Register | Digital First Media | media | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $22,000,000 |
| Banco Popular | Popular Inc. | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000 |
| Costco | Costco | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $16,000,000 |
| Brinker International | Brinker International | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $271,878 |
| FedEx Ground Package System | FedEx | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,125,000 |
| Cargill Meat Solutions | Cargill | agribusiness | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,500,000 |
| Dave & Buster's | Dave and Buster's Entertainment Inc. | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $1,190,000 |
| Champion Mortgage and KeyBank | KeyCorp | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,200,000 |
| Cisco Systems | Cisco Systems | electrical and electronic equipment | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $6,700,000 |
| Panera | JAB Holding Co. | diversified | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $679,387 |
| Home Loan Center Inc. | LendingTree | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Hewitt Associates | Aon | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,900,000 |
| Oracle | Oracle | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,187,500 |
| Ross Stores | Ross Stores | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,200,000 |
| Tenet Healthcare | Tenet Healthcare | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $85,000,000 |
| Masco Contractor Services | TopBuild | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,500,000 |
| Cargill Meat Solutions | Cargill | agribusiness | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $625,000 |
| Saint-Gobain | Saint-Gobain | building materials | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,425,000 |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan | Kaiser Permanente | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,400,000 |
| New United Motor Manufacturing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,650,000 | ||
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal/state | $640,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $54,000,000 |
| BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles | Coca-Cola Co. | beverages | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $1,100,000 |
| Pacifica Host Hotels | Pacifica Companies | real estate | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $6,500,000 |
| Pitney Bowes | Pitney Bowes | miscellaneous manufacturing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $75,000 |
| Celestica | Onex | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,700,000 |
| GMRI Inc. | Darden Restaurants | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $706,525 |
| The Pep Boys | Icahn Enterprises | diversified | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,825,000 |
| Ritz-Carlton | Marriott International | hotels | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $975,000 |
| FedEx Ground Package System | FedEx | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $14,400,000 |
| Hutchinson Technology | TDK Corporation | electrical and electronic equipment | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,003,000 |
| Albertson's | Albertsons Companies | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Albertson's | Albertsons Companies | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,637,500 |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Atlas Holdings | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| Einstein Noah Restaurant Group | JAB Holding Co. | diversified | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $2,500,000 |
| Kmart | Sears | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,845,224 |
| C&S Wholesale Grocers | C&S Wholesale Grocers | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,000,000 |
| National City Mortgage | PNC Financial Services | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $27,500,000 |
| Unisource Worldwide | Veritiv | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,500,000 |
| Target | Target | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| Jack in the Box | Jack in the Box Inc. | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $8,000,000 |
| Sanderson Farms | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,120,000 |
| Cadence Design Sysems | Cadence Design Systems | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,664,856 |
| Edward D. Jones & Co. | Jones Financial | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $21,000,000 |
| Safeway | Albertsons Companies | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000 |
| UBS as successor to Piper Jaffray | UBS | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,500,000 |
| E-Trade | Morgan Stanley | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $900,000 |
| Estee Lauder | Estee Lauder | household and personal care products | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,495,000 |
| Red Robin International | Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Caribou Coffee | JAB Holding Co. | diversified | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,700,000 |
| Texas Instruments | Texas Instruments | electrical and electronic equipment | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $355,000 |
| Six Flags Entertainment | Six Flags Entertainment | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $2,500,000 |
| MasTec | MasTec | construction and engineering | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,600,000 |
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $38,000,000 |
| Citigroup | Citigroup | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $98,000,000 |
| BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles | Coca-Cola Co. | beverages | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $2,250,000 |
| AT&T Services | AT&T | telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,200,000 |
| Edward D. Jones & Co. | Jones Financial | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $19,000,000 |
| Inter-Con Security Systems Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 | ||
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide | C.H. Robinson | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,014,057 |
| USAA | USAA | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $738,423 |
| Robert Half International | Robert Half International | business services | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $615,000 |
| Rent-A-Center | Rent-A-Center | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $11,000,000 |
| Starwood Hotels | Marriott International | hotels | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $3,000,000 |
| Oracle | Oracle | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,950,000 |
| First NLC | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,000,000 | ||
| Michaels Stores | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,300,000 |
| A.G. Edwards | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $20,000,000 |
| Sears | Sears | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| Universal Health Services | Universal Health Services Inc. | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $9,000,000 |
| Sony Computer Entertainment | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $8,500,000 |
| RadioShack | RadioShack | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,707,552 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | Kaiser Permanente | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $9,000,000 |
| General Nutrition | Harbin Pharmaceutical Group | pharmaceuticals | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,910,000 |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM Corp. | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $65,000,000 |
| Zale Corporation | Signet Jewelers | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $3,800,000 |
| E-Loan Inc. | Popular Inc. | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,600,000 |
| UBS | UBS | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,000,000 |
| Costco | Costco | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,500,000 |
| Marriott International | Marriott International | hotels | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $1,350,000 |
| Big Lots Stores | Big Lots | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,200,000 |
| United Parcel Service | United Parcel Service | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $87,000,000 |
| Darden Restaurants | Darden Restaurants | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $11,000,000 |
| Polo Retail | Ralph Lauren Corp. | apparel | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | American Eagle Outfitters | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $394,628 |
| Albertson's | Albertsons Companies | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $53,300,000 |
| Rubio's Restaurants | Rubio's Restaurants | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $7,500,000 |
