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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Best Buy
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol BBY)
Headquartered in: Minnesota
Major Industry: retailing
Specific Industry: retail-consumer electronics
Penalty total since 2000: $22,339,368
Number of records: 45
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $17,170,921 | 12 |
| safety-related offenses | $4,085,056 | 29 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $883,570 | 2 |
| environment-related offenses | $199,821 | 2 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment discrimination | $10,199,999 | 1 |
| wage and hour violation | $6,679,639 | 6 |
| product safety violation | $3,800,000 | 1 |
| consumer protection violation | $633,570 | 1 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $279,556 | 27 |
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: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
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  |
| Best Buy | employment discrimination | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,199,999 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc., | product safety violation | 2016 | CPSC | $3,800,000 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $902,410 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $674,500 |
| Best Buy Stores, L.P | consumer protection violation | 2021 | CA-MULTI | $633,570 |
| Best Buy Stores, L.P. and Household Insurance Group, Inc. | insurance violation | 2003 | MN-FIN | $250,000 |
| Best Buy Co. | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $199,821 |
| Best Buy Stores L.P. | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $199,821 |
| Partsearch Technologies, Inc. | WARN Act violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $183,000 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $90,000 |
| PARTSEARCH TECHNOLOGIES INC. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | EBSA | $50,001 |
| BEST BUY CO., INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $32,000 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | labor relations violation | 2009 | NLRB | $30,000 |
| Best Buy Stores, L.P. | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2014 | WHD | $19,734 |
| BEST BUY CO, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $18,300 |
| BEST BUY CO INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $15,625 |
| BEST BUY | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $14,000 |
| BEST BUY DISTRIBUTION CENTER | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $13,653 |
| BEST BUY CO, INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $13,440 |
| BEST BUY WAREHOUSE DDC715 | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $12,947 |
| BEST BUY | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $12,471 |
| BEST BUY STORES, LP | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $12,196 |
| BEST BUY CO., INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $11,950 |
| BEST BUY | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $11,385 |
| BEST BUY STORES L.P. | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $10,000 |
| BEST BUY STORES LP | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $9,753 |
| BEST BUY STORE 1517 | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $9,239 |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2011 | WHD | $8,548 |
| BEST BUY STORES LP | workplace safety or health violation | 2010 | OSHA | $8,000 |
| BEST BUY STORES L P | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $7,578 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $7,500 |
| BEST BUY STORES INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $7,104 |
| BEST BUY | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | OSHA | $7,000 |
| BEST BUY INC STORE # 468 | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $7,000 |
| BEST BUY CO., INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $6,650 |
| BEST BUY | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $6,475 |
| BEST BUY STORES, L.P, STORE #493 | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $6,415 |
| BEST BUY INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2005 | OSHA | $5,750 |
| MN BEST BUY CO., INC. 900131 | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $5,625 |
| Best Buy Stores L.P. | motor vehicle safety violation | 2013 | FMCSA | $5,500 |
| Best Buy | wage and hour violation | 2013 | MI-LEO | $5,229 |
| BEST BUY, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| BEST BUY STORES L P | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $5,000 |
| BEST BUY CO., INC. DBA MN BEST BUY CO., INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $5,000 |
