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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Nordstrom
Current Parent Company: Nordstrom
Penalty: $8,905,000
Year: 2011
Date: February 8, 2011
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Superior Court of State of California, County of Orange
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2008-00044690
Case Name: Nordstrom Commission Debit Cases
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-department stores
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Notes: In 2004 Ernest Young and Nicole Savala filed class action lawsuits in Orange County Superior Court arguing that the way Nordstrom was calculating sales commissions violated the settlement in an earlier case. Nordstrom settled the actions for $8.905 million ($6.404 million in cash and $2.5 million in merchandise vouchers). A challenge to that settlement was rejected by a state appeals court in 2010 (case G042772).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.