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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Cheesecake Factory
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol CAKE)
Headquartered in: California
Major Industry: restaurants and foodservice
Specific Industry: restaurants
Penalty total since 2000: $10,329,632
Number of records: 16
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $10,077,061 | 6 |
| financial offenses | $125,000 | 1 |
| environment-related offenses | $79,081 | 3 |
| safety-related offenses | $48,490 | 6 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| wage and hour violation | $9,717,061 | 4 |
| employment discrimination | $360,000 | 2 |
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $125,000 | 1 |
| environmental violation | $49,081 | 2 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $48,490 | 6 |
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  |
| Cheesecake Factory | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,500,000 |
| Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc. and Americlean Janitorial Services Corp. DBA Allied National Services | wage and hour violation | 2018 | CA-LCO | $4,206,351 |
| Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2024 | CA-LCO | $1,000,000 |
| Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $345,000 |
| The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2020 | SEC | $125,000 |
| The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | air pollution violation | 2002 | CA-SCAQMD | $30,000 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY BAKERY, INC. | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $26,325 |
| The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $22,756 |
| The Cheesecake Factory | employment discrimination | 2018 | EEOC | $15,000 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $12,350 |
| The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2012 | WHD | $10,710 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY RESTAURANTS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $8,550 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $8,425 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY BAKERY, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2008 | OSHA | $6,750 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $6,235 |
| THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $6,180 |
