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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Sears
Ownership Structure: privately held
Headquartered in: Illinois
Major Industry: retailing
Specific Industry: retail-department stores
Penalty total since 2000$763,798,395
Number of records: 216
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
safety-related offenses$503,419,027105
employment-related offenses$123,729,04352
competition-related offenses$62,600,0001
government-contracting-related offenses$37,707,4925
consumer-protection-related offenses$24,741,65023
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
product safety violation$500,550,0003
fraud$62,600,0001
wage and hour violation$57,013,95118
benefit plan administrator violation$45,501,1003
False Claims Act and related$37,707,4925
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.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
Kmart Distribution Centerlabor relations violation2000NLRB$10,000
Searsemployment discrimination2000private lawsuit-federal$519,068
Sears Roebuck Companyemployment discrimination2000NY-AG$445,000
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,000
SEARSworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$19,500
K MART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$17,550
K-MARTworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,250
SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$30,000
K-MART (WAYNESBORO)workplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,625
SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,870
KMART CORPORATION, WARREN DISTRIBUTION CENTERlabor relations violation2001NLRB$14,832
K Mart Corporationlabor relations violation2001NLRB$33,000
Sears Roebuckfraud2001USAO$62,600,000
Sears, Roebuckemployment discrimination2001private lawsuit-federal$1,559,717
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2001CA-AG$500,000
SEARS ROEBUCK CO & BOYNTON BEACH MALLenvironmental violation2001FL-DEP$5,500
K MART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$9,450
SEARS ROEBUCK DE PR, INC. (UNIDAD 8132)workplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$6,039
SEARS ROEBUCKworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$6,000
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$5,250
KMART CORPORATION - STORE 9692workplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$6,125
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$5,001
KMART CORPORATION STORE #9373workplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$11,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.labor relations violation2002NLRB$36,245
Sears Roebuck and Co.labor relations violation2002NLRB$17,000
Sears Group Life Insurancebenefit plan administrator violation2002private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Sears Home Improvement Productsprivacy violation2002MO-AG$5,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.consumer protection violation2002AZ-AG$200,000
K-MARTworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$9,585
K-MARTworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$7,470
K-MART #4240workplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$6,750
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$15,850
Sears, Roebuck and Co.employment discrimination2003EEOC$125,000
Sears Logistics Services, Inc.labor relations violation2003NLRB$5,000
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2003NLRB$17,500
Sears Home improvement Center, Inc.privacy violation2003KS-AG$50,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2003NY-AG$115,000
KMART STORE #7625workplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,395
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,900
KMART LP OF PA MORRISVILLE DISTRIBUTION CENTERworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$7,200
K-Mart Distribution Centerenvironmental violation2003EPA$5,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.product safety violation2004CPSC$500,000
K-Mart Corporation, Warren Distribution Center No. 8305labor relations violation2004NLRB$50,000
Searslabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,800
Sears, Roebuck and Companylabor relations violation2004NLRB$164,785
Sears Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2004NJ-AG$625,000
Kmart Corp.employment discrimination2004EEOC$60,000
SEARS WAREHOUSEworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$7,120
SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$8,663
SEARS ROEBUCK DE PR, INC. Y/O SEARS HOLDINGS CORP.workplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$6,750
Sears Holding Companywage and hour violation2005WHD$9,900
Kmart Corp.Family and Medical Leave Act2005WHD$6,778
Searslabor relations violation2005NLRB$5,950
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2005NLRB$10,000
K-Mart Corp.labor relations violation2005NLRB$26,195
Kmartconsumer protection violation2005NY-NYCDCWP$30,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.insurance violation2005WI-INS$15,000
SEARSworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,550
SEARS HOLDING COMPANY, SEARS STORE #1594workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$70,000
SEARS HOLDING, INC.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,000
SEARS ROEBUCK DE PR INCworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,850
SEARS HOLD. CORP/DBA K-MART STORE #3438workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$8,500
KMART HOLDINGS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$9,000
K MART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$19,000
KMart Corporationenvironmental violation2005EPA$55,000
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$23,760
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporation.wage and hour violation2006WHD$10,560
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$7,920
Sears Holdings Corporationwage and hour violation2006WHD$5,280
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2006CA-AG$25,000
SEARS ROEBUCK & COenvironmental violation2006MA-ENV$9,000
Kmart Corp.environmental violation2006CA-SCAQMD$10,000
SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.workplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$5,379
SEARS HOLDING, INC.workplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$6,941
K-MART #4332workplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$6,500
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.workplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$18,000
SEARS ROEBUCK & CO., INC.workplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$7,500
SEARS HOLDING CORPORATION DBA SEARS AUTOMOTIVEworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$13,600
K-MARTworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$9,500
Sears Roebuck & Co.environmental violation2006EPA$10,000
Kmartenvironmental violation2007EPA$102,422
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2007NLRB$25,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.labor relations violation2007NLRB$14,000
Searswage and hour violation2007private lawsuit-federal$17,500,000
Sears Roebuck & Cobenefit plan administrator violation2007private lawsuit-federal$14,500,000
Sears Holding Companyenvironmental violation2007CA-ARB$13,000
SEARS AUTO CENTERenvironmental violation2007MA-ENV$12,075
K-MART STORE #9704workplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,138
SEARS HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,040
SEARS APPLIANCE OUTLETworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,000
SEARS LOGISTICS SERVICES, INC.workplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$18,750
KMartenvironmental violation2007EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $102,422
Sears Holdings Management Corp.product safety violation2008CPSC$50,000
K MART CORPORATIONmotor vehicle safety violation2008FMCSA$41,300
K MART CORPORATIONmotor vehicle safety violation2008FMCSA$38,220
Kmartwage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-federal$2,845,224
Sears Holdings Corporationenvironmental violation2008CA-ARB$600,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.product safety violation2008private lawsuit-federal$500,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.