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Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary

Parent Company Name: 
Lowe's
Ownership Structure: 
publicly traded (ticker symbol LOW)
Headquartered in: 
North Carolina
Major Industry: 
retailing
Specific Industry: 
retail-home improvement
Penalty total since 2000: 
$87,119,265
Number of records: 
161
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
employment-related offenses$64,670,37227
environment-related offenses$19,164,07731
consumer-protection-related offenses$2,040,0002
safety-related offenses$1,244,816101
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
wage and hour violation$52,989,3757
environmental violation$19,164,07731
employment discrimination$10,475,0004
consumer protection violation$2,000,0001
workplace safety or health violation$1,229,816100
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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Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page here.


Individual Penalty Records:

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Company Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
Lowe's Home Improvement Centers wage and hour violation 2009 private lawsuit-state $29,500,000
Lowe's Home Centers environmental violation 2014 CA-MULTI $18,100,000
Lowe's Cos. employment discrimination 2016 EEOC $8,600,000
Lowe's Home Improvement Centers wage and hour violation 2015 private lawsuit-federal $6,500,000
Lowe's Home Centers wage and hour violation 2012 private lawsuit-federal $6,175,000
Lowe's Home Centers wage and hour violation 2014 private lawsuit-federal $4,984,000
Lowe's Home Improvement Centers wage and hour violation 2011 private lawsuit-federal $2,950,000
Lowe's Home Centers wage and hour violation 2017 private lawsuit-federal $2,850,000
Lowe's Home Center, LLC consumer protection violation 2015 NY-AG $2,000,000
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, Inc. employment discrimination 2009 EEOC $1,700,000
Lowe's Companies, Inc. benefit plan administrator violation 2014 private lawsuit-federal $725,000
Lowe's Home Centers environmental violation 2014 EPA $500,000
Lowe's Home Centers LLC environmental violation 2014 EPA (*) $500,000
LOWES HOME CENTER INC environmental violation 2003 EPA $137,500
Lowe's Distribution Center labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $128,000
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. employment discrimination 2011 EEOC $120,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS,INC., ROCKFORD REG. DIST. CTR. workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $95,000
Lowe's Distribution Center labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $85,000
Lowe's HIW, Inc. labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $85,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. #781 workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $60,000
LOWES OF EATONTOWN NJ #1548 environmental violation 2002 NJ-ENV $57,000
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC employment discrimination 2018 EEOC $55,000
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC environmental violation 2016 NY-AG $52,000
LOWES HOME CTR LLC environmental violation 2014 PA-ENV $42,000
Lowe's Companies, Inc. environmental violation 2004 CA-ARB $41,600
Lowe's HIW, Inc. labor relations violation 2011 NLRB $40,000
Lowes Home Centers, Inc. insurance violation 2014 TX-INS $40,000
LOWES CO. INC workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $38,320
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. environmental violation 2008 NC-ENV $34,909
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $32,995
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC wage and hour violation 2016 MA-AG $30,375
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. STORE 2274 workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $30,100
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $30,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $29,876
LOWES HOME CENTERS INC workplace safety or health violation 2014 OSHA $29,282
LOWES CO. INC. workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $29,275
Lowe's Home Centers Inc. Family and Medical Leave Act 2011 WHD $28,670
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC labor relations violation 2019 NLRB $27,539
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. #1664 workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $25,000
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $25,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2012 OSHA $23,800
LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $22,732
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC. STORE 2778 workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $22,500
Lowes Home Centers, LLC d/b/a Lowe's Home Improvement labor relations violation 2016 NLRB $21,113
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $21,066
LOWE'S HIW, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $21,000
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC., DBA LOWE'S workplace safety or health violation 2018 OSHA $20,200
Lowe's HIW, Inc. environmental violation 2010 CA-ARB $20,000
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $18,750
Lowes Home Centers environmental violation 2006 NC-ENV $18,160
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2021 OSHA $18,100
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2021 OSHA $17,500
LOWES OF MT OLIVE NJ #1512 environmental violation 2015 NJ-ENV $17,250
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse environmental violation 2001 CO-DPHE $16,000
LOWE'S aviation safety violation 2015 FAA $15,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, #2372 workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $15,000
LOWE'S COMPANIES INC. workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $15,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $14,312
Lowe's HIW, Inc. environmental violation 2011 CA-DPR $13,696
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. Family and Medical Leave Act 2007 WHD $13,511
LOWE'S workplace safety or health violation 2014 OSHA $13,500
LOWES HOME CENTERS INC workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $13,500
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2021 OSHA $13,491
LOWE'S, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $12,642
Lowe's Companies, LLC Family and Medical Leave Act 2014 WHD $12,458
LOWES HOME CENTERS INC. workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $12,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $11,365
LOWES HOME CENTERS INC. STORE #1637 workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $10,640
Lowe's labor relations violation 2017 NLRB $10,298
Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. environmental violation 2009 OH-ENV $10,150
LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT WAREHOUSE, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2008 OSHA $10,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $10,000
LOWES HOME CENTERS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $9,900
LOWES HOME CENTERS INC. STORE #1637 workplace safety or health violation 2010 OSHA $9,750
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2016 OSHA $9,665
LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER #2328 workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $9,506
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC workplace safety or health violation 2019 OSHA $9,473
LOWES HOME CENTER (#479) workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $9,416
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. environmental violation 2008 FL-DEP $9,375
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2008 OSHA $9,200
LOWES HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2002 OSHA $9,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS INC., STORE #0168 workplace safety or health violation 2007 OSHA $9,000
LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT WAREHOUSE workplace safety or health violation 2002 OSHA $8,750
LOWES COMPANIES, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $8,500
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. #1625 workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $8,400
LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $8,192
LOWE'S workplace safety or health violation 2004 OSHA $8,000
LOWES COMPANY, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2008 OSHA $8,000
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $8,000
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INCORPORATED - STORE #1710 workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $7,920
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC environmental violation 2015 NY-ENV $7,800
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. #1198 workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $7,750
LOWES HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANIES, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $7,729
LOWE'S workplace safety or health violation 2007 OSHA $7,640
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Family and Medical Leave Act 2004 WHD $7,520
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse environmental violation 2009 CA-ARB $7,500
LOWES environmental violation 2005 MA-ENV $7,500
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2008 OSHA $7,500
LOWE'S HOME IMPROVEMENT WAREHOUSE #321 workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $7,500
LOWES COMPANIES INC. STORE 1939 workplace safety or health violation 2016 OSHA $7,500
LOWES HOME CENTER, INC. workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $7,420
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