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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.

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CompanyPrimary Offense Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
Sears Holding Companywage and hour violation2005WHD$9,900
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-state$7,500,000
Kmartwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$3,814,000
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$1,600,000
Sears Holdingswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
Sears Holdingswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$3,200,000
Kmartwage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$475,000
Sears Roebuckwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$15,000,000
Kmartwage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-federal$2,845,224
Searswage and hour violation2007private lawsuit-federal$17,500,000
Sears Roebuck & Cowage and hour violation2018MI-LEO$6,467
Sears Holdings Management Corp.product safety violation2008CPSC$50,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.product safety violation2004CPSC$500,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.product safety violation2008private lawsuit-federal$500,000,000
Sears Home improvement Center, Inc.privacy violation2003KS-AG$50,000
Sears Home Improvement Productsprivacy violation2002MO-AG$5,000
K MART CORPORATIONmotor vehicle safety violation2008FMCSA$41,300
K MART CORPORATIONmotor vehicle safety violation2008FMCSA$38,220
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2007NLRB$25,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.labor relations violation2007NLRB$14,000
Searslabor relations violation2005NLRB$5,950
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2005NLRB$10,000
K-Mart Corp.labor relations violation2005NLRB$26,195
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 Logistics Services, Inc.labor relations violation2003NLRB$5,000
Kmart Corporationlabor relations violation2003NLRB$17,500
Sears, Roebuck and Co.labor relations violation2002NLRB$36,245
Sears Roebuck and Co.labor relations violation2002NLRB$17,000
KMART CORPORATION, WARREN DISTRIBUTION CENTERlabor relations violation2001NLRB$14,832
K Mart Corporationlabor relations violation2001NLRB$33,000
Kmart Distribution Centerlabor relations violation2000NLRB$10,000
Sears Roebuck And Coinsurance violation2017WA-INS$100,000
Sears Holdings Corporationinsurance violation2017WA-INS$95,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.insurance violation2005WI-INS$15,000
Sears Roebuckfraud2001USAO$62,600,000
Sears Holding CorporationFamily and Medical Leave Act2011WHD$7,000
Kmart Corp.Family and Medical Leave Act2005WHD$6,778
KMART Corp.False Claims Act and related2015DOJ_CIVIL$1,400,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2017DOJ_CIVIL$32,300,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2018USAO$525,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2013MULTI-AG$2,550,000
Kmart CorporationFalse Claims Act and related2018NC-AG$932,492
Kmartenvironmental violation2007EPA$102,422
Sears Home Improvement Products Inc.environmental violation2016EPA$400,000
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2006CA-AG$25,000
Kmartenvironmental violation2009CA-MULTI$8,650,000
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-ARB$34,000
Kmart Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-ARB$9,000
Sears Holdings Management Corporationenvironmental violation2013CA-ARB$285,200
Sears Holding Management Corporationenvironmental violation2010CA-ARB$28,000
Sears Holdings Corporationenvironmental violation2008CA-ARB$600,000
Sears Holding Companyenvironmental violation2007CA-ARB$13,000
Sears Holding Mangement Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-DPR$171,834
Sears Holdingsenvironmental violation2016CA-DTSC$625,000
SEARS ROEBUCK CO & BOYNTON BEACH MALLenvironmental violation2001FL-DEP$5,500
KMART 9503environmental violation2015KY-ENV$5,000
SEARS AUTO CENTERenvironmental violation2007MA-ENV$12,075
SEARS ROEBUCK & COenvironmental violation2006MA-ENV$9,000
KMART #9133environmental violation2013NJ-ENV$17,500
Sears Roebuck & Co Unit #1209environmental violation2018CA-SCAQMD$5,000
Sears Holding Corporationenvironmental violation2014CA-SCAQMD$50,000
Searsenvironmental violation2010CA-SCAQMD$12,000
Kmart Corp.environmental violation2006CA-SCAQMD$10,000
KMart Corporationenvironmental violation2005EPA$55,000
Kmartenvironmental violation2010EPA$28,812
Sears Home Improvement Products, Inc.environmental violation2016EPA$123,000
K-Mart Distribution Centerenvironmental violation2003EPA$5,000
Sears Roebuck and Co. and Stepan Company (CAFO)environmental violation2010EPA$272,800
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
Sears Roebuck & Co.environmental violation2006EPA$10,000
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 Roebuck & Co.energy conservation violation2012DOE$37,040
K-Mart Corporationemployment screening violation2013private lawsuit-federal$3,000,000
Sears Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2010EEOC$6,200,000
Kmart Corporationemployment discrimination2010EEOC$120,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2010EEOC$30,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.employment discrimination2011EEOC$100,000
Kmart Corporationemployment discrimination2015EEOC$102,048
Sears, Roebuck and Co.employment discrimination2016OFCCP$107,500
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, Roebuck and Co.employment discrimination2003EEOC$125,000
Searsemployment discrimination2000private lawsuit-federal$519,068
Sears, Roebuckemployment discrimination2001private lawsuit-federal$1,559,717
Sears, Roebuckemployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$8,396,574
Sears Roebuck Companyemployment discrimination2000NY-AG$445,000
Kmart Corp.employment discrimination2004EEOC$60,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmartconsumer protection violation2013FTC$475,000
Kmartconsumer protection violation2013NJ-AG$302,500
Kmartconsumer protection violation2015NY-AG$64,550
K-Martconsumer protection violation2017WV-AG$100,000
Kmart Corporationconsumer protection violation2018MD-AG$105,500
Sears Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2004NJ-AG$625,000
Sears, Roebuck & Co.consumer protection violation2002AZ-AG$200,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2001CA-AG$500,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2013NY-AG$150,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2003NY-AG$115,000
Sears and Kmartconsumer protection violation2010CA-MULTI$1,100,000
Sears, Roebuck and Co.consumer protection violation2015CA-FCDA$450,000
Searsconsumer protection violation2016CA-OCDA$235,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.