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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 Total | Number of Records |
| safety-related offenses | $503,419,027 | 105 |
| employment-related offenses | $123,729,043 | 52 |
| competition-related offenses | $62,600,000 | 1 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $37,707,492 | 5 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $24,741,650 | 23 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| product safety violation | $500,550,000 | 3 |
| fraud | $62,600,000 | 1 |
| wage and hour violation | $57,013,951 | 18 |
| benefit plan administrator violation | $45,501,100 | 3 |
| False Claims Act and related | $37,707,492 | 5 |
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  |
| Kmart | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,814,000 |
| Sears Holdings | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Sears Roebuck & Co. | employment discrimination | 2010 | EEOC | $6,200,000 |
| Sears, Roebuck and Co. | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | (*)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 | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $7,500,000 |
| Sears, Roebuck | employment discrimination | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $8,396,574 |
| Sears Roebuck | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,500,000 |
| Kmart | environmental violation | 2009 | CA-MULTI | $8,650,000 |
| Sears Holding Corp. | consumer protection violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,500,000 |
| Sears Roebuck & Co | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,500,000 |
| Sears Roebuck | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,000,000 |
| Sears | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Sears Group Life Insurance | benefit plan administrator violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,000,000 |
| Kmart Corporation | False Claims Act and related | 2017 | DOJ_CIVIL | $32,300,000 |
| Sears Roebuck | fraud | 2001 | USAO | $62,600,000 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Co. | product safety violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $500,000,000 |
