Sears Holdings Corporation is an American holding company headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It is the parent company of the chain stores Kmart and Sears, and was founded after the former purchased the latter in 2005. It was the 20th-largest retailing company in the United States in 2015, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018.
Workers Beware: Forced Arbitration Can Happen To You
As reported by Lauren Weber in the Wall Street Journal, Sears imposes forced arbitration on at least some of its employees. (Lauren Weber, More Companies Block Employees From Filing Suits, Wall St. J. (Mar. 31, 2015)).