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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Darden Restaurants
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol DRI)
Headquartered in: Florida
Major Industry: restaurants and foodservice
Specific Industry: restaurants
Penalty total since 2000: $29,031,852
Number of records: 21
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| employment-related offenses | $28,984,281 | 17 |
| environment-related offenses | $33,466 | 2 |
| safety-related offenses | $14,105 | 2 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| wage and hour violation | $24,599,656 | 11 |
| employment discrimination | $4,340,000 | 4 |
| labor relations violation | $44,625 | 2 |
| environmental violation | $33,466 | 2 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $14,105 | 2 |
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  |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $11,000,000 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $9,500,000 |
| Seasons 52 | employment discrimination | 2018 | EEOC | $2,850,000 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,386,000 |
| Bahama Breeze | employment discrimination | 2009 | EEOC | $1,260,000 |
| GMRI Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $706,525 |
| GMRI, Inc. d/b/a Bahama Breeze | wage and hour violation | 2022 | NJ-DLW | $382,930 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe', Inc | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $257,820 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $237,540 |
| Rare Hospitality International, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2004 | EEOC | $200,000 |
| Darden Restaurants | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $56,371 |
| GMRI, Inc. d/b/a The Capital Grille | labor relations violation | 2016 | NLRB | $37,125 |
| Darden Corp. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $33,794 |
| GMRI, Inc. dba Olive Garden | employment discrimination | 2024 | EEOC | $30,000 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $29,666 |
| Darden Corporation | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $26,901 |
| Cheddars Casual Cafe', Inc | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $9,010 |
| GMRI, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2024 | OSHA | $8,816 |
| Bahama Breeze | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $7,500 |
| Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $6,565 |
| GMRI, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2024 | OSHA | $5,289 |
