Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Ecolab
Current Parent Company: Ecolab
Penalty: $27,400,000
Year: 2009
Date: August 19, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Theft
Violation Description: overtime violation
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Superior Court of State of California, County of Ventura
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: CIV233936
Case Name: Jefferson P. Roe VS Ecolab Inc
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: verdict
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: cleaning products
Source of Data: (click here). See also: 6-2 Mealey's Litig. Rep. Employ. L. 9 (2009).
Notes: The $27.4 million amount is given in Ecolab's 2007 annual report in connection with an arbitration award. The court opinion in an unsuccessful appeal by Ecolab put the amount at "$39,432,175 in overtime wages, $11,870,975 in preaward interest and per diem interest after the date of the award of $10,975." The cite for the latter is Roe v.Ecolab, 2009 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6702.
Source Notes: If an online information source is not working, check the Violation Tracker Data Sources page for an updated link.
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.