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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
Sears, Roebuck & Co.product safety violation2008private lawsuit-federal$500,000,000
SEARS AUTO CENTERSworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$10,000
SEARS LOGISTIC SERVICEworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,030
SEARS HARDWARE STORE #5083workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$6,000
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$17,500
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$6,000
SEARS HOLDINGS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,225
SEARSworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$23,620
KMART RDC 8290workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,000
K-MART CORP. STORE #3438workplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$30,000
SEARS PRODUCT SERVICE DBA SEARS MARKETING CENTERworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$5,000
K MART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$13,750
Sears, Roebuck and Co.employment discrimination2009EEOC(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $6,200,000
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$15,000,000
Kmartenvironmental violation2009CA-MULTI$8,650,000
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$13,500
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.workplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$5,000
KMART STORES DISTRIBUTION CENTER 8272workplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$10,000
Sears Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2010EEOC$6,200,000
Kmart Corporationemployment discrimination2010EEOC$120,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2010EEOC$30,000
Sears and Kmartconsumer protection violation2010CA-MULTI$1,100,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2010PA-BKG$9,000
Sears Holding Management Corporationenvironmental violation2010CA-ARB$28,000
Searsenvironmental violation2010CA-SCAQMD$12,000
Sears Roebuckconsumer protection violation2010private lawsuit-federal$8,500,000
K MART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$7,000
SEARS ROEBUCK AND COworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$17,463
SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANY (#1944)workplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$7,000
SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$8,000
KMART #3339workplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,700
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$10,000
SEARS AUTO CENTERworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$9,350
SEARS ROEBUCK AND COworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,000
SEARS AUTOMOTIVES, STORE #6406workplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,500
Kmartenvironmental violation2010EPA$28,812
Sears Roebuck and Co. and Stepan Company (CAFO)environmental violation2010EPA$272,800
Sears, Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2011EEOC$100,000
Sears Holding CorporationFamily and Medical Leave Act2011WHD$7,000
KMARTaviation safety violation2011FAA$620,000
KMARTaviation safety violation2011FAA$38,000
Sears Holding Corp.consumer protection violation2011private lawsuit-federal$11,500,000
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,984
SEARS ROEBUCK & CO #2166workplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$73,000
Sears Roebuck & Co.energy conservation violation2012DOE$37,040
KMART CORPORATIONaviation safety violation2012FAA$50,000
K-MART CORPORATIONaviation safety violation2012FAA$35,000
Kmartwage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$475,000
Sears, Roebuckemployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$8,396,574
Sears Transition Pay Planbenefit plan administrator violation2012private lawsuit-federal$3,001,100
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$6,930
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$7,200
K MART CORP., STORE# 4113workplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$7,000
SEARS HOLDING COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$15,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmartconsumer protection violation2013FTC$475,000
K-Mart Corporationemployment screening violation2013private lawsuit-federal$3,000,000
Kmartconsumer protection violation2013NJ-AG$302,500
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2013MULTI-AG$2,550,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2013NY-AG$150,000
Sears Holdings Management Corporationenvironmental violation2013CA-ARB$285,200
KMART #9133environmental violation2013NJ-ENV$17,500
KMARTworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$6,250
Sears Holdingswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
Sears Holdingswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$3,200,000
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-ARB$34,000
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-ARB$9,000
Sears Holding Mangement Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-DPR$171,834
Sears Holding Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-SCAQMD$50,000
SEARS HOLDING COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$5,400
SEARS ROEBUCK DE PUERTO RICO INC DBA SEARS AUTO CEworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$6,480
SEARS AUTO CENTERworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$15,000
SEARS OUTLET #4124workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$5,000
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$6,600
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANYworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,201
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,000
SEARS HOLDINGS CORP.workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,300
KMART Corp.False Claims Act and related2015DOJ_CIVIL$1,400,000
Kmart Corporationemployment discrimination2015EEOC$102,048
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$1,600,000
Kmartconsumer protection violation2015NY-AG$64,550
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2015CA-FCDA$450,000
Sears Holdingsaviation safety violation2015FAA$533,000
KMart Corp.consumer protection violation2015CT-BKG$15,100
KMART 9503environmental violation2015KY-ENV$5,000
SEARS AUTO CENTERworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,500
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,000
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$7,000
SEARS HOLDINGSworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,670
Sears Home Improvement Products Inc.environmental violation2016EPA$400,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.employment discrimination2016OFCCP$107,500
Kmartwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$3,814,000
Searsconsumer protection violation2016CA-OCDA$235,000
Sears Holdingsenvironmental violation2016CA-DTSC$625,000
KMART CORPORATION #3842workplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$7,550
KMART CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$12,471
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$5,000
Sears Home Improvement Products, Inc.environmental violation2016EPA$123,000
Sears Home Improvement Products, Inc. (Expedited Renvironmental violation2016EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $277,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2017DOJ_CIVIL$32,300,000
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-state$7,500,000
SEARSaviation safety violation2017FAA$30,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.