Wage and hour cases in San Francisco at a glance
Employers in San Francisco account for 797 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 534 of which found violations (67%). Employers agreed to pay $20,448,505 in back wages to 13,064 workers, and $585,073 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 2 cases closed with $93,587 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Public Administration ($3,365,791), Retail Trade ($2,440,037), Accommodation and Food Services ($2,243,894).
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| Employer | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard's Heating & Air | Aug 28, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macy's West Macy's Department Stores, Inc. | Aug 20, 2008 | 1 violation | $6,502 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheap Pete's Framing Factory Outlet | Aug 3, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of SF's Communities of Opportunity's | Jul 23, 2008 | 7 violations | $2,340 | 7 | 0 |
| Advance Pleating & Button Co. | Jul 20, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirin Cutting Service Inc. | Jul 20, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pizza Orgasmica | Jul 14, 2008 | 4 violations | $2,984 | 3 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | Jul 9, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorton Fashion Designs Inc.dbaOne Step Ahead | Jun 14, 2008 | 13 violations | $2,151 | 11 | 0 |
| United States Postal Services | Jun 1, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcatraz Cruises, LLC | May 31, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y & L Fashion, Inc. Yu Zhen Li dba Y & L Fashion, Inc. | May 24, 2008 | 7 violations | $692 | 7 | 0 |
| Cypress Security, LLC | May 19, 2008 | 1 violation | $1,440 | 1 | 0 |
| A.T. Kearney, Inc. | May 4, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landmark Education Landmark Education Enterprises, Inc. | Apr 29, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safeway | Apr 19, 2008 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,960 |
| MJC SF LLC | Apr 15, 2008 | 38 violations | $128,518 | 38 | 0 |
| Cala Foods The Kroger Company | Mar 31, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,320 |
| Catherine Jane Catherine Jane Mendoza dba Catherine Jane | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feng Sheng Garments, Inc. | Mar 18, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Mayor's Youth Employment & ED. Program | Mar 16, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Direction, Inc. | Feb 29, 2008 | 7 violations | $25,870 | 6 | 0 |
| CHALK, Inc. | Feb 28, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeannette Jeannette Huang Guo dba Jeannette | Feb 10, 2008 | 11 violations | $10,823 | 10 | 0 |
| American Building Maintenance Co. of Georgia | Jan 31, 2008 | 21 violations repeat | $2,678 | 20 | $4,400 |
| 777 Worldwide, LLC | Jan 30, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer California | Jan 24, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University Games University Games Corporation | Jan 23, 2008 | 6 violations | $14,108 | 5 | 0 |
| Japanese Weekend Inc. | Jan 17, 2008 | 2 violations | $6,471 | 2 | 0 |
| Tea Collection Inc. | Jan 13, 2008 | 2 violations | $5,630 | 2 | 0 |
| Golden Bear Sportswear S. Slater & Son dba Golden Bear Sportswear | Jan 13, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. J. N. Fashion | Jan 13, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pizza Inferno Restaurant & Bar | Jan 10, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magic Flute Garden Ristorante | Jan 8, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disabled Employees Rehabilitation, Inc. | Jan 7, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subway Sandwiches | Dec 24, 2007 | 15 violations | $7,288 | 14 | 0 |
| C & A Apparel, Inc. | Dec 16, 2007 | 3 violations | $540 | 3 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tools Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiser Permanente | Nov 20, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pay By touch Solidus Network Inc. | Nov 17, 2007 | 320 violations | $524,160 | 320 | 0 |
| Idex Global Services, Inc. | Nov 14, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GCI General Contractors, Inc. | Nov 14, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elite Cafe SKK Restaurant Group, LLC | Nov 13, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osteria-San Francisco | Nov 7, 2007 | 3 violations | $2,005 | 3 | 0 |
| Trattoria Pinocchio | Oct 31, 2007 | 23 violations | $3,589 | 18 | 0 |
| Amici's East Coast Pizzeria, Inc. | Oct 28, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Hunter Inc. dba Aqua Blues, David Wayne | Oct 26, 2007 | 16 violations | $45,057 | 16 | 0 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | Oct 26, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doherty Painting and Construction, Inc. | Sep 30, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapsody Painting and Environmental Services | Sep 30, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagle RTEC, LLC | Sep 10, 2007 | 2 violations | $24,880 | 1 | 0 |
| Apparel City Sewing Machine Company Wang Sun Inc. dba Apparel City Sewing Machine | Sep 9, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,868 | 2 | 0 |
| Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Restaurant | Sep 5, 2007 | 13 violations | $19,704 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted and Al's Towing Service | Sep 1, 2007 | 8 violations | $27,416 | 7 | 0 |
| DMJM Harris, Inc. | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 violation | $26,148 | 1 | 0 |
| The Orphanage, Inc. | Aug 14, 2007 | 22 violations | $47,233 | 21 | 0 |
| Parc Hong Kong Restaurant | Jul 31, 2007 | 6 violations | $5,310 | 4 | 0 |
| The Janet Pomeroy Center | Jul 8, 2007 | 14 violations | $2,842 | 13 | 0 |
| Smith Construction, Inc. | Jul 4, 2007 | 2 violations | $19,048 | 2 | 0 |
| Massawa Restaurant | Jun 30, 2007 | 1 violation | $4,532 | 1 | 0 |
| S & T Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant | Jun 30, 2007 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amtech LIghtning Services, a Division of | Jun 24, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Son Vietnamese Restaurant | Jun 23, 2007 | 4 violations | $28,509 | 3 | 0 |
| Moonstar Restaurant Moonstar Buffet Corporation | Jun 16, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,057 | 2 | 0 |
| Betelnut Pacific Pejiu Wu Restaurant Partners, L.P. | Jun 5, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells Fargo Bank Well Fargo Bank National Assoc. | Jun 2, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | May 31, 2007 | 4 violations | $434 | 4 | 0 |
| Cha Cha Cha McCarthys on Mission, LLC | May 30, 2007 | 2 violations | $7,716 | 2 | 0 |
| Golden Gate Interiors | May 25, 2007 | 2 violations | $3,049 | 1 | 0 |
| U.S. Postal Service | May 17, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAI FLOWER FASHION, Inc. | Apr 25, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,272 | 0 | 0 |
| SINGFAI, Inc. | Apr 25, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenfield Sewing Company | Apr 19, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridge Capital, Inc. | Apr 15, 2007 | 20 violations | $8,242 | 17 | 0 |
| UB Builders, Inc. | Apr 15, 2007 | 13 violations | $4,891 | 11 | 0 |
| Couture by Azadeh | Apr 4, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer California | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer of California, Inc. | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japanese Weekend Inc. | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer of Califronia Inc. | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | Mar 31, 2007 | 3 violations | $90,436 | 2 | 0 |
| ABM Janitorial Services American Building Maintenance Incorporated | Mar 16, 2007 | 9 violations repeat | $43,958 | 8 | 0 |
| Teatro Zin Zanni | Mar 15, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taste Catering & Event Planning Taste Catering; A CA General Partnership | Mar 15, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gevity HR VII L.P. | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IGIGI, Inc. | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee & Lee Garment, Inc. | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom's Fashion Tie Yuan Tan & Ming Zhu Li dba Tom's Fashion | Mar 9, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L & L Manufacturer | Mar 8, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apex Car Wash | Feb 28, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J & W Sewing, Inc. | Feb 12, 2007 | 4 violations | $1,365 | 4 | 0 |
| Happy Day Sewing Factory Kwong Chan dba Happy Day Sewing Factory | Feb 10, 2007 | 2 violations | $6,349 | 2 | 0 |
| SSA Security, Inc., a Division of | Feb 9, 2007 | 45 violations | $22,819 | 36 | 0 |
| Del Monte Meat Company | Feb 8, 2007 | 4 violations | $121 | 4 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in San Francisco
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenefits | 1 | $3,364,871 | 735 | Dec 20, 2016 |
| First Republic Bank | 2 | $1,996,779 | 1,577 | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Able Building Maintenance | 3 | $1,460,613 | 3,631 | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Levi Strauss | 1 | $1,023,989 | 598 | Oct 20, 2010 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 4 | $1,013,593 | 605 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Wins of California, Inc. | 1 | $933,478 | 248 | Oct 29, 2001 |
| Ecotality Inc | 1 | $807,626 | 73 | Jan 28, 2013 |
| Revel Systems Inc. | 2 | $778,785 | 328 | Oct 27, 2018 |
| SF Giants Baseball Organization | 1 | $544,715 | 74 | Jun 2, 2012 |
| Pay By touch | 1 | $524,160 | 320 | Nov 17, 2007 |
| Beverly Residential Care Home (Urbano) | 3 | $323,549 | 14 | Mar 11, 2013 |
| Lucky River Restaurant | 1 | $285,732 | 8 | Mar 10, 2014 |
| United States Postal Service | 7 | $285,458 | 82 | May 14, 2021 |
| OSHA THAI RESTAURANT | 3 | $264,277 | 64 | Dec 31, 2013 |
| DoorDash | 5 | $204,604 | 334 | Jan 25, 2024 |
| Blueprint Studios | 1 | $189,279 | 87 | Feb 1, 2013 |
| Landmark Education | 2 | $187,569 | 45 | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Trusted, Inc. | 1 | $186,119 | 109 | Sep 14, 2022 |
| Generation Pi | 2 | $184,655 | 4 | May 27, 2003 |
| ZIRX | 1 | $145,796 | 204 | May 31, 2015 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $49,136 | 13 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | $62,771 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | $93,556 | 25 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6 | $91,698 | 4 |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 | $255,457 | 174 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7 | $43,957 | 41 |
| 2020 | 21 | 18 | $303,805 | 380 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 | $168,948 | 51 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | $1,784,036 | 1,647 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 | $67,228 | 35 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9 | $3,431,279 | 914 |
| 2015 | 38 | 23 | $1,894,603 | 4,023 |
| 2014 | 49 | 33 | $738,518 | 154 |
| 2013 | 103 | 86 | $2,680,392 | 938 |
| 2012 | 74 | 51 | $2,355,048 | 859 |
| 2011 | 54 | 41 | $448,437 | 279 |
| 2010 | 29 | 20 | $1,260,947 | 806 |
| 2009 | 29 | 19 | $129,241 | 270 |
| 2008 | 43 | 21 | $244,360 | 177 |
| 2007 | 74 | 44 | $1,040,718 | 661 |
| 2006 | 63 | 39 | $291,403 | 226 |
| 2005 | 88 | 49 | $1,215,377 | 689 |
| 2004 | 27 | 15 | $363,100 | 169 |
Your rights in San Francisco
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in San Francisco are owed the state minimum wage of $16.90 in 2026 or the higher local rate, overtime after 8 hours in a day, an hour of pay for each missed meal or rest period, and up to 30 days of wages when final pay is late. Claims go to the Labor Commissioner or to Superior Court, three years back, four under the Unfair Competition Law. Our San Francisco employment law page covers the local offices and deadlines. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases through Sep 6, 2026. County is assigned from the city on the case. Back to the wage theft tracker.
About this data: Cases come from the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division enforcement database (WHD compliance actions concluded since fiscal year 2005, California employers only), published by the Department of Labor and reloaded here every month. "Back wages" are amounts the employer agreed to pay at the close of the investigation; "penalties" are civil money penalties assessed. An investigation that found no violation is listed as such. The database does not include California Labor Commissioner cases or private lawsuits. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.