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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Big Lots Stores
Current Parent Company: Big Lots
Penalty: $3,200,000
Year: 2007
Date: April 23, 2007
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: misclassification
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Texas
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 04-cv-00238
Case Name: Hanks et al v. Big Lots Stores, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-closeout
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Notes: The settlement agreement was sealed by the court at the request of the parties but the settlement amount was disclosed by the company in an SEC filing.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.