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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Lee Enterprises
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol LEE)
Headquartered in: Iowa
Major Industry: media
Specific Industry: media
Penalty total since 2000: $3,318,698
Number of records: 14
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $3,241,678 | 5 |
| safety-related offenses | $72,020 | 8 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $5,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| wage and hour violation | $3,200,000 | 1 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $72,020 | 8 |
| labor relations violation | $31,677 | 3 |
| benefit plan administrator violation | $10,001 | 1 |
| privacy violation | $5,000 | 1 |
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 |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | privacy violation | 2001 | MO-AG | $5,000 |
| OMAHA WORLD HERALD | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $5,620 |
| The Buffalo News | labor relations violation | 2005 | NLRB | $7,000 |
| ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH | workplace safety or health violation | 2005 | OSHA | $9,400 |
| Lee Enterprises - d/b/a Racine Journal Times | labor relations violation | 2006 | NLRB | $6,000 |
| THE BUFFALO NEWS | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $15,750 |
| Omaha World-Herald | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $18,677 |
| LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $7,000 |
| THE BUFFALO NEWS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $9,775 |
| Lee Publications | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,200,000 |
| Lee Enterprises, Inc. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2017 | EBSA | $10,001 |
| LEE PUBLICATIONS INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $9,000 |
| THE BUFFALO NEWS | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $6,236 |
| LEE ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED DBA LA CROSSE TRIBUNE | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $9,239 |
