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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Home Depot
Current Parent Company: Home Depot
Penalty: $25,500,000
Year: 2009
Date: August 26, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Theft
Violation Description: meal/rest break violation
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Superior Court of State of California, County of Los Angeles
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4383
Case Name: Artiaga v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. and other consolidated cases
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-home improvement
Source of Data: Rachel Tobin Ramos, Home Depot will pay $25.5 million; Company settles suit, denies wrongdoing; Calif. workers had said they weren't allowed to take required breaks, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 17, 2010, p.10A (via Nexis). See also: 6-2 Mealey's Litig. Rep. Employ. L. 6 (2009).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.