TJX

Between March 2014 and October 2019, TJX knowingly sold, offered for sale,

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced that TJX Companies, the parent company of retailers including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, would pay a $13 million civil penalty to settle charges that the company knowingly sold, offered for sale, and distributed numerous recalled products from March 2014 to October 2019. Most of the sales involving recalled products were of inclined sleep products linked to infant suffocation and death, including the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play.

PRESS RELEASE: Agency Announces Settlement of Separate Actions Against Retailer TJX, and Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers Data

PIERRE, S.D -Attorney General Larry Long, together with 40 other State Attorneys General announced a settlement with the TJX Companies, Inc. The Assurance of Voluntary Compliance between the parties resolves an investigation concerning TJX’s data security practices and whether they adequately protected customers’ financial information and sufficiently guarded against a massive data breach that placed thousands of consumers’ personal data at risk, nationwide. TJX has agreed to pay $9.75 million to the states and to implement and maintain a comprehensive information security program to address weaknesses in TJX’s computer security systems in place at the time of the breach. Under the terms of the settlement, South Dakota will receive $16,690 to aid consumer protection enforcement and efforts to protect consumers’ personally-identifiable information. TJX cooperated fully in the States’ investigation.

TJX has agreed to pay $9.75 million to the states and to implement and maintain a comprehensive information security program to address weaknesses in TJX?s computer security systems that were in place at the time of the breach. Under the terms of the settlement, Maine will receive $38,675.00 to aid consumer protection enforcement and efforts to protect consumers? personally-identifiable information.

A $31.5 million settlement between TJX Cos. Inc. and nearly 2,000 HomeGoods, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx assistant managers who alleged Fair Labor Standards Act and New York overtime violations won federal court approval Monday.

Court orders TJX Companies, Inc. (T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods) to pay $2.05 million for the - County of San Luis Obispo

Thirty-eight counties and the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego filed a lawsuit in October, alleging TJX Companies Inc. disposed of hazardous waste in its regular trash bins destined for municipal landfills — which are not authorized to accept hazardous waste, court documents show.

Court orders TJX Companies, Inc. to pay $2.05 million for unlawful disposal of hazardous waste

The company allegedly dumped hazardous waste into regular trash bins meant for municipal landfills that are not authorized to accept hazardous waste, the district attorney’s office said.

TJX Companies Inc. faces $239K in penalties; cited for similar violations in 2022, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to TJX Companies Inc., the Massachusetts-based operator of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and other department stores, for exposing workers to fire, entrapment and struck-by hazards. Inspectors found blocked exit routes and unstable merchandise storage at a T.J. Maxx Store in Pooler, in violation of federal workplace safety standards.

POOLER, GA – Following a workplace safety inspection, federal investigators determined a Pooler location of a national discount retailer stacked and stored merchandise unsafely, exposing workers to struck-by hazards from falling boxes and preventing them from exiting the store quickly in an emergency.

TJX Cos., which runs T.J. Maxx, Marshall's, HomeGoods and other off-price banners in the U.S. and abroad, has divested its stake in Russian retailer Familia, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

affirming the firm has reviewed its compliance program and internal controls, including actions undertaken to review the effectiveness of the program and

This is not TJX’s first violation of a California air quality regulation. In 2019, TJX violated state regulations limiting smog-forming chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in a wide range of household products. VOCs are a key component of the chemical mixture that turns into ozone when exposed to sunlight. CARB establishes VOC limits for many different types of consumer products such as personal care products and cleaning supplies. Under the regulation (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/topics/consumer-products), retailers, distributors, importers and manufacturers of consumer products are all responsible for ensuring the products they sell in California comply with the limits. In that case, TJX was fined (https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/carb-fines-large-retailers-exceeding-levels-smog-forming-pollution-everyday-household-products) $196,800 for importing and selling noncompliant chemically formulated products in 2019.

CARB reaches $193,507 settlement with The TJX Companies Inc. for violating toxic formaldehyde emissions rule

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board has reached a settlement agreement with well-known retailer The TJX Companies Inc. for $193,507 for failing to follow a statewide clean-air regulation that limits emissions of formaldehyde, a toxic air contaminant that causes cancer.

The TJX Companies violated separate California air quality regulation in 2019

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TJX Companies has not reported lobbying the federal government during the 2024 election cycle.

TJX, which received $331 million total in tariff refunds, will similarly put a portion of its aggregated refunds into paying employees extra.

TJX, which received $331 million total in tariff refunds, will similarly put a portion of its aggregated refunds into paying employees extra.