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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Darden Restaurants
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol DRI)
Headquartered in: Florida
Major Industry: restaurants and foodservice
Specific Industry: restaurants
Penalty total since 2000: $28,604,817
Number of records: 17
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $28,571,351 | 15 |
| environment-related offenses | $33,466 | 2 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| wage and hour violation | $24,216,726 | 10 |
| employment discrimination | $4,310,000 | 3 |
| labor relations violation | $44,625 | 2 |
| environmental violation | $33,466 | 2 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type  | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $56,371 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $29,666 |
| Darden Corp. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $33,794 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $237,540 |
| Cheddars Casual Cafe', Inc | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $9,010 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe', Inc | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $257,820 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,386,000 |
| GMRI Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $706,525 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $11,000,000 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $9,500,000 |
| GMRI, Inc. d/b/a The Capital Grille | labor relations violation | 2016 | NLRB | $37,125 |
| Bahama Breeze | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $7,500 |
| Darden Corporation | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $26,901 |
| Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $6,565 |
| Bahama Breeze | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $1,260,000 |
| Rare Hospitality International, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2004 | EEOC | $200,000 |
| Seasons 52 | employment discrimination | 2018 | EEOC | $2,850,000 |
