Wage and hour cases in Alameda County at a glance
Employers in Alameda County account for 1,127 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 842 of which found violations (75%). Employers agreed to pay $27,551,508 in back wages to 17,996 workers, and $867,864 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 2 cases closed with $11,814 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Health Care and Social Assistance ($6,023,671), Transportation and Warehousing ($4,092,159), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ($3,427,905).
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produce Exchange Inc | Livermore | Aug 25, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Sky Cleaners Country Club Cleaners, Inc. | Livermore | Aug 25, 2014 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auntie Anne's | Livermore | Aug 22, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson's Leather | Livermore | Aug 7, 2014 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $6,200 |
| Macro Net Inc. Macro Networks Corporation | Newark | Aug 5, 2014 | 8 violations | $10,080 | 1 | $1,275 |
| CAFE RANDEVU | Oakland | Aug 1, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7-Eleven | Fremont | Jul 31, 2014 | 7 violations repeat | $6,317 | 5 | $1,540 |
| Tucker Technoligies | Oakland | Jul 31, 2014 | 3 violations | $1,189 | 1 | 0 |
| Ralph Lauren Factory Outlet Store | Livermore | Jul 31, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China Ma CMAX Paragone LLC | Livermore | Jul 31, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicken Now Chicken Now Livermore LLC | Livermore | Jul 31, 2014 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,100 |
| Norman's Grill | Castro Valley | Jul 30, 2014 | 8 violations | $1,726 | 7 | 0 |
| Employment Development Department | Oakland | Jul 22, 2014 | 24 violations | $1,485 | 1 | 0 |
| Island Pacific Supermarket Island Pacific Supermarkets, Inc. | Union City | Jul 15, 2014 | 8 violations | $196 | 7 | 0 |
| Seafood City Supermarket | Union City | Jul 14, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safeway- San Leandro Milk Plant | San Leandro | Jul 11, 2014 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amtrack National Railroad Passenger Corporation | Oakland | Jun 30, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Huamei International Services, LLC | Union City | Jun 30, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulte/Centex/Del Webb Homes | Pleasanton | Jun 18, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Restoration Management Company (RMC) | Hayward | Jun 15, 2014 | 33 violations | $9,475 | 13 | 0 |
| PEG Oakland LLC DBA The New Parish | Oakland | Jun 13, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marymount Villa Retirement Center | San Leandro | Jun 6, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Wax Center Livermore | Livermore | Jun 2, 2014 | 3 violations | $50 | 2 | 0 |
| European Wax Center Fremont | Fremont | Jun 2, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DT Floormasters, Inc. | Hayward | May 31, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alas Cargo Alas Hayward, LLC | Hayward | May 30, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ying Kee Restaurant | Oakland | May 28, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc | Livermore | May 19, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Papaya Clothing Cornerstone Apparel Inc | Livermore | May 19, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allied Environmental Inc. | Hayward | May 15, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boomers! Livermore | Livermore | May 13, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Converse Outlet Store | Livermore | May 13, 2014 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,650 |
| Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland | Oakland | May 7, 2014 | 57 violations | $8,387 | 56 | 0 |
| BERKELEY UDUPI, INC. | Berkeley | May 5, 2014 | 6 violations repeat | $17,213 | 4 | $1,496 |
| Safeway | Pleasanton | Apr 28, 2014 | 85 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valerie Lewis Janitorial | Oakland | Apr 17, 2014 | 28 violations | $27,712 | 25 | 0 |
| Clean Net USA Inc. Clean Net of the Bay Area | Oakland | Apr 17, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paradigm Staffing Solutions, Inc. | Oakland | Apr 9, 2014 | 1 violation | $612 | 1 | 0 |
| Old Oakland Dental Mikhail Tsotsiashvili DDS Inc. | Oakland | Mar 24, 2014 | 3 violations repeat | $1,142 | 3 | $462 |
| Pleasanton Unified School District | Pleasanton | Mar 20, 2014 | 8 violations | $47 | 8 | 0 |
| San Francisco Joint Port Watchmen LRC | Oakland | Mar 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of California, Office of President | Oakland | Mar 3, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oasis Food Market | Oakland | Feb 26, 2014 | 15 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project, BFHP | Berkeley | Feb 25, 2014 | 21 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCM Direct Delivery | Hayward | Feb 19, 2014 | 4 violations | $7,039 | 0 | 0 |
| Chateau Pleasanton | Pleasanton | Feb 18, 2014 | 34 violations | $298,460 | 17 | 0 |
| Chateau Pleasanton | Pleasanton | Feb 17, 2014 | 3 violations | $19,235 | 1 | 0 |
| Anne's Guest Home | Pleasanton | Feb 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anne's Guest Home II | Pleasanton | Feb 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A-Sunset East Villa | Livermore | Feb 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chateau Livermore | Livermore | Feb 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parkside Manor | Pleasanton | Feb 17, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. | Oakland | Feb 10, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calidad Industries, Inc. | Oakland | Jan 29, 2014 | 10 violations | $55,982 | 7 | 0 |
| Calidad Industries, Inc. | Oakland | Jan 29, 2014 | 2 violations | $161 | 1 | 0 |
| Rapid Value Solutions Inc. | Pleasanton | Jan 29, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wente Vineyard | Livermore | Jan 28, 2014 | 178 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unlimited Smiles | Oakland | Jan 24, 2014 | 2 violations | $56 | 1 | 0 |
| Oakland Raiders | Alameda | Jan 24, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dublin Hyundai | Dublin | Jan 16, 2014 | 2 violations | $1,647 | 1 | 0 |
| Lake Merritt Care Home | Oakland | Jan 15, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARC - Livermore Vocational Development Center | Union City | Jan 12, 2014 | 70 violations | $13,016 | 70 | 0 |
| ARC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY - SCA CONTRACT | San Leandro | Jan 12, 2014 | 133 violations | $7,038 | 74 | 0 |
| ARC - Livermore Vocational Development Center | Livermore | Jan 12, 2014 | 40 violations | $6,755 | 39 | 0 |
| ARC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY - SCA CONTRACT | San Leandro | Jan 12, 2014 | 4 violations | $3,304 | 3 | 0 |
| Diversity Abroad | Berkeley | Jan 9, 2014 | 11 violations | $19,614 | 6 | 0 |
| ARC - Livermore Vocational Development Center | San Leandro | Dec 31, 2013 | 56 violations | $3,462 | 56 | 0 |
| ARC OF ALAMEDA - WALPERT VOC. DEV. CTR | Hayward | Dec 31, 2013 | 76 violations | $1,425 | 76 | 0 |
| Electronics for Imaging, Inc. | Fremont | Dec 21, 2013 | 16 violations repeat | $20,079 | 8 | $3,520 |
| AC Transit Alameda Contra Costa Transit | Oakland | Dec 15, 2013 | 21 violations | $103,000 | 20 | 0 |
| Pleasanton Unified School District | Pleasanton | Dec 12, 2013 | 28 violations | $2,828 | 27 | 0 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley | Dec 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | Oakland | Dec 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mission Villa Residential Care Home | Fremont | Dec 2, 2013 | 19 violations | $36,039 | 9 | 0 |
| Wallace Place Care Home | Fremont | Dec 2, 2013 | 9 violations | $34,240 | 4 | 0 |
| Mission Villa Residential Care Home | Fremont | Dec 2, 2013 | 6 violations | $29,128 | 2 | 0 |
| LVI Environmental Services, Inc. | Hayward | Dec 1, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosas Brother Construction | Oakland | Nov 25, 2013 | 19 violations | $67,825 | 18 | 0 |
| Ageway Boarding Care | Union City | Nov 18, 2013 | 8 violations | $21,199 | 4 | 0 |
| Ageway Boarding Care | Union City | Nov 18, 2013 | 7 violations | $16,118 | 3 | 0 |
| Oakland Athletics Athletics Investment Group | Oakland | Nov 16, 2013 | 106 violations | $133,179 | 86 | 0 |
| Oakland Athletics Athletics Investment Group | Oakland | Nov 16, 2013 | 1 violation | $5,071 | 1 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home- Murphy | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 3 violations | $4,032 | 2 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home - Carmen | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 3 violations | $2,816 | 2 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home -Lloyd | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 2 violations | $1,280 | 1 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home- Jillana | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 3 violations | $736 | 2 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home- Meadowlark | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 2 violations | $400 | 1 | 0 |
| Easy Living Care Home-Norwood | Livermore | Nov 15, 2013 | 2 violations | $336 | 1 | 0 |
| Caltrans California Department of Transportation | Oakland | Nov 13, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Straw Hat Pizza | Fremont | Nov 12, 2013 | 3 violations | $11,031 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweet Treat Stop Dream Team 2 Holdings, LLC | Berkeley | Nov 12, 2013 | 7 violations | $9,966 | 6 | 0 |
| Alameda Health Services | Oakland | Nov 7, 2013 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CA STATE DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES | Oakland | Nov 3, 2013 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacheco Brothers Gardening, Inc. | Hayward | Oct 30, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Worldwide Farmers Exchange | Berkeley | Oct 22, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BELLAKEN GARDEN & SKILLED NURSING CENTER | Oakland | Oct 1, 2013 | 103 violations repeat | $169,224 | 102 | 0 |
| MARINA GARDEN NURSING CENTER | Alameda | Oct 1, 2013 | 31 violations repeat | $53,666 | 30 | 0 |
| CBX Technologies, Inc. | Oakland | Sep 30, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toomie's Thai Cuisine | Alameda | Sep 15, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spec Group Inc. Franco Consulting Group Inc. | Hayward | Sep 13, 2013 | 2 violations | $46,426 | 1 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Alameda County
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lange Trucking, Inc. | 4 | $1,982,137 | 520 | Jan 31, 2013 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 9 | $1,685,824 | 1,682 | Dec 21, 2022 |
| National Consolidated Couriers, Inc | 1 | $1,448,275 | 336 | Feb 1, 2015 |
| Alameda County Medical Center | 4 | $1,159,506 | 2,000 | May 11, 2011 |
| Northern California Nail Company | 1 | $962,220 | 156 | Aug 5, 2023 |
| New United Motors Manufacturing Inc | 1 | $862,285 | 3,672 | Sep 30, 2007 |
| University of California | 1 | $746,746 | 0 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| NOVA Commercial Company, Inc. | 3 | $709,496 | 316 | Jun 12, 2010 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 1 | $601,053 | 194 | Sep 30, 2017 |
| DELTA PRODCUTS CORPORATION | 1 | $534,254 | 79 | Nov 30, 2015 |
| V5 Systems | 1 | $525,368 | 56 | May 3, 2020 |
| Dynamex (T-FORCE) | 1 | $492,500 | 401 | Feb 10, 2019 |
| Bordon Homes | 3 | $430,936 | 30 | Feb 25, 2024 |
| TriNet | 4 | $377,637 | 164 | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Chateau Pleasanton | 2 | $317,695 | 18 | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Best Living Care | 1 | $297,885 | 138 | Sep 12, 2022 |
| C&J Cox Corp/ Bayarea Oil Ops. Mgmt. Inc. | 1 | $289,731 | 125 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| I2a Technologies | 1 | $261,866 | 23 | Nov 2, 2015 |
| Jack in the Bo | 9 | $243,534 | 194 | Aug 23, 2019 |
| Chefs Express Chinese Cuisine Inc. | 1 | $241,065 | 53 | Jan 15, 2020 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7 | $448,074 | 151 |
| 2024 | 23 | 16 | $351,864 | 123 |
| 2023 | 34 | 29 | $1,611,026 | 321 |
| 2022 | 24 | 18 | $654,533 | 273 |
| 2021 | 29 | 21 | $504,608 | 189 |
| 2020 | 66 | 61 | $1,892,006 | 406 |
| 2019 | 24 | 21 | $1,177,438 | 696 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6 | $30,340 | 87 |
| 2017 | 49 | 39 | $1,564,010 | 484 |
| 2016 | 43 | 31 | $1,074,058 | 183 |
| 2015 | 68 | 58 | $3,278,491 | 727 |
| 2014 | 83 | 62 | $653,289 | 405 |
| 2013 | 94 | 76 | $3,418,963 | 1,302 |
| 2012 | 121 | 91 | $1,507,902 | 626 |
| 2011 | 77 | 54 | $838,344 | 597 |
| 2010 | 65 | 49 | $604,928 | 316 |
| 2009 | 47 | 38 | $604,276 | 522 |
| 2008 | 72 | 44 | $1,071,275 | 552 |
| 2007 | 55 | 35 | $2,445,430 | 6,447 |
| 2006 | 41 | 26 | $1,626,051 | 1,212 |
| 2005 | 53 | 33 | $1,049,528 | 1,746 |
| 2004 | 26 | 20 | $1,057,082 | 581 |
Cities in Alameda County with cases
- Oakland279 cases, $6,601,740
- Fremont176 cases, $4,854,603
- Pleasanton78 cases, $3,211,690
- Hayward140 cases, $3,049,211
- San Leandro73 cases, $2,840,460
- Livermore122 cases, $2,695,401
- Union City57 cases, $1,635,133
- Newark27 cases, $717,338
- Berkeley62 cases, $578,724
- Dublin33 cases, $387,755
- Castro Valley15 cases, $334,256
- Alameda26 cases, $300,154
- San Lorenzo8 cases, $191,837
- Emeryville23 cases, $98,790
- Albany7 cases, $54,416
- Sunol1 cases, $0
Your rights in Alameda County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in Alameda County 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 Alameda County 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.