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Violation Tracker Summary for Offense Group

Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Penalty Total since 2000: $37,581,822,664
Number of Penalty Records: 152,729
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries 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. They 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 individual records list below.

Top 10 Current Parent Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
Walmart	$1,652,895,956	129
Wells Fargo	$922,403,204	66
Bank of America	$887,742,037	66
FedEx	$630,972,147	53
Uber Technologies	$630,306,022	22
JPMorgan Chase	$522,448,562	50
Daimler Truck AG	$480,728,911	14
Bank of New York Mellon	$423,313,037	5
IBM Corp.	$396,913,125	13
Providence	$354,414,465	14

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Company	Current Parent	Current Parent Industry	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
United Airlines Inc.	United Airlines Holdings	airlines	wage and hour violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$54,408,649
Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	financial services	employment discrimination	2004	EEOC	$54,000,000
Wal-Mart Stores	Walmart	retailing	wage and hour violation	2008	private lawsuit-state	$54,000,000
Activision Blizzard, Inc.	Microsoft	information technology	employment discrimination	2023	CA-CRD	$54,000,000
Federal Express	FedEx	freight and logistics	employment discrimination	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$53,500,000
Albertson's	Albertsons Companies	retailing	wage and hour violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$53,300,000
AK Steel Retirement	Cleveland-Cliffs	mining and minerals	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$52,834,204
Xerox Corp.	Xerox	miscellaneous services	benefit plan administrator violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$51,000,000
Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	Abercrombie & Fitch	retailing	employment discrimination	2004	EEOC	$50,000,000
Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	financial services	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$50,000,000
Merck & Co., Inc.	Merck	pharmaceuticals	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$49,500,000
Washington Mutual Inc.	JPMorgan Chase	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$49,000,000
Verizon Communications, Inc.	Verizon Communications	telecommunications	employment discrimination	2006	EEOC	$48,900,000
TRW Inc.	Northrop Grumman	aerospace and military contracting	benefit plan administrator violation	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$48,500,000
Worldcom, Inc.	Verizon Communications	telecommunications	benefit plan administrator violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$47,150,000
Rent-A-Center	Rent-A-Center	retailing	employment discrimination	2002	EEOC	$47,000,000
Delphi Corporation	Aptiv PLC	automotive parts	benefit plan administrator violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$47,000,000
Household International	HSBC	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$46,500,000
Instacart	Instacart	miscellaneous services	wage and hour violation	2022	CA-SDCA	$46,500,000
Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	financial services	employment discrimination	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$46,000,000
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	Colgate-Palmolive	household and personal care products	benefit plan administrator violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$45,900,000
UBS	UBS	financial services	wage and hour violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$45,000,000
Family Dollar Stores	Dollar Tree	retailing	employment discrimination	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$45,000,000
WEC Energy Group	WEC Energy Group	utilities and power generation	benefit plan administrator violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$45,000,000
Brinker International	Brinker International	restaurants and foodservice	wage and hour violation	2014	private lawsuit-state	$44,300,000
UBS	UBS	financial services	wage and hour violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$44,000,000
Merrill Lynch	Bank of America	financial services	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$43,500,000
Holland Acquisition Inc.			wage and hour violation	2021	WHD	$43,276,638
National City Corp.	PNC Financial Services	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$43,000,000
Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	financial services	wage and hour violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$42,500,000
Medco Health Solutions Inc.	Cigna	healthcare services	benefit plan administrator violation	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$42,500,000
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	St. Joseph's Health (NJ)	healthcare services	benefit plan administrator violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$42,500,000
Staples	Sycamore Partners Management	private equity (including portfolio companies)	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$42,000,000
JPMorgan Chase	JPMorgan Chase	financial services	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$42,000,000
Briston-Myers Squibb	Bristol-Myers Squibb	pharmaceuticals	benefit plan administrator violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$41,220,000
RadioShack	RadioShack	retailing	wage and hour violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$41,029,237
Boeing	Boeing	aerospace and military contracting	employment discrimination	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$40,600,000
General Electric Company	General Electric	diversified	benefit plan administrator violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$40,150,000
Wal-Mart Stores	Walmart	retailing	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-state	$40,000,000
Abercombie & Fitch Co.	Abercrombie & Fitch	retailing	employment discrimination	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$40,000,000
American International Group, Inc.	American International Group	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$40,000,000
Cardinal Health, Inc.	Cardinal Health	wholesalers	benefit plan administrator violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$40,000,000
Prudential Insurance	Prudential Financial	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$39,100,000
Wachovia Securities	Wells Fargo	financial services	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$39,000,000
Merrill Lynch	Bank of America	financial services	employment discrimination	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$38,225,000
Washington Mutual Bank	JPMorgan Chase	financial services	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$38,000,000
Staples	Sycamore Partners Management	private equity (including portfolio companies)	wage and hour violation	2008	private lawsuit-state	$38,000,000
24 Hour Fitness	24 Hour Fitness	miscellaneous services	wage and hour violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$38,000,000
Lyft	Lyft Inc.	miscellaneous services	wage and hour violation	2023	NY-AG	$38,000,000
General Motors Corporation	General Motors	motor vehicles	benefit plan administrator violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$37,500,000
Northern Trust	Northern Trust	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$37,500,000
Merrill Lynch	Bank of America	financial services	wage and hour violation	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$37,000,000
United Airlines	United Airlines Holdings	airlines	employment discrimination	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$36,500,000
Bank of America	Bank of America	financial services	wage and hour violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$36,000,000
Lucent Technologies, Inc.	Nokia	telecommunications	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$36,000,000
Northern Trust Investments, N.A.	Northern Trust	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$36,000,000
McDonnell Douglas	Boeing	aerospace and military contracting	benefit plan administrator violation	2004	private lawsuit-federal	$36,000,000
Equinox Holdings Inc.	Related Companies	real estate	wage and hour violation	2023	private lawsuit-state	$36,000,000
Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services			wage and hour violation	2024	WHD	$35,800,000
Family Dollar	Dollar Tree	retailing	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$35,576,059
Wells Fargo Advisors	Wells Fargo	financial services	employment discrimination	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$35,500,000
Ecolab	Ecolab	chemicals	wage and hour violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
H&R Block	H&R Block	financial services	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Oracle	Oracle	information technology	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-state	$35,000,000
Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis	AT&T	telecommunications	wage and hour violation	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.	Marsh & McLennan	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
CIGNA Corporation	Cigna	healthcare services	benefit plan administrator violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Dillard's Department Stores	Dillard's	retailing	benefit plan administrator violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Wells Fargo & Company	Wells Fargo	financial services	wage and hour violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Qimonda Richmond, LLC	Infineon Technologies	electrical and electronic equipment	WARN Act violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Walmart Inc.	Walmart	retailing	wage and hour violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Wynn Resorts & Wynn MA, LLC	Wynn Resorts	hotels	employment discrimination	2019	MA-MGC	$35,000,000
Grinnell Fire Protection Systems Company	Johnson Controls	automotive parts	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$34,316,919
SC Johnson & Sons Inc.	S.C. Johnson & Son	household and personal care products	benefit plan administrator violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$34,150,000
CVS Caremark	CVS Health	retailing	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$34,000,000
Avnet, Inc.	Avnet	wholesalers	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$34,000,000
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	Walmart	retailing	wage and hour violation	2007	WHD	$33,000,000
CNA Insurance	Loews Corp.	diversified	wage and hour violation	2006	private lawsuit-state	$33,000,000
Smith Barney	Morgan Stanley	financial services	employment discrimination	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$33,000,000
Qwest Communications	Lumen Technologies	telecommunications	benefit plan administrator violation	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$33,000,000
Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.	Horizon Healthcare Services	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$33,000,000
Freightcar America, Inc.	FreightCar America Inc.	heavy equipment	benefit plan administrator violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$32,750,000
MetLife Securities	MetLife	financial services	employment discrimination	2017	private lawsuit-federal	$32,500,000
Wells Fargo & Co.	Wells Fargo	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$32,500,000
Winn-Dixie Stores	Aldi	retailing	employment discrimination	2000	private lawsuit-federal	$32,020,000
Tyson Foods	Tyson Foods	food products	wage and hour violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$32,000,000
Wells Fargo Advisors	Wells Fargo	financial services	employment discrimination	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$32,000,000
Novant Health, Inc.	Novant Health	healthcare services	benefit plan administrator violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$32,000,000
Electronic Data Systems			benefit plan administrator violation	2008	private lawsuit-federal	$31,500,000
American Express Financial Advisors	Ameriprise Financial	financial services	employment discrimination	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$31,000,000
Tribune Company	Nexstar Media Group	media	benefit plan administrator violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$31,000,000
Virgin America Inc. and Alaska Airlines	Alaska Air	airlines	wage and hour violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$30,976,831
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2016	private lawsuit-federal	$30,900,000
Apple Inc.	Apple Inc.	electrical and electronic equipment	wage and hour violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$30,478,508
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.	ZF Friedrichshafen	automotive parts	benefit plan administrator violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$30,200,000
Publix	Publix Super Markets	retailing	wage and hour violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$30,000,000
Countrywide Financial	Bank of America	financial services	wage and hour violation	2005	private lawsuit-state	$30,000,000
Wachovia National Bank, N.A.	Wells Fargo	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2000	EBSA	$30,000,000
Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan	Duke Energy	utilities and power generation	benefit plan administrator violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$30,000,000
International Paper Company	International Paper	paper and packaging	benefit plan administrator violation	2014	private lawsuit-federal	$30,000,000
Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan	Liberty Mutual Insurance	financial services	benefit plan administrator violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$30,000,000