Wage and hour cases in Fresno County at a glance
Employers in Fresno County account for 856 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 686 of which found violations (80%). Employers agreed to pay $5,876,608 in back wages to 7,320 workers, and $2,488,722 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 3 cases closed with $61,741 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Construction ($1,597,517), Retail Trade ($927,676), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting ($813,608).
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Engineering and Environmental | Fresno | Sep 11, 2007 | 2 violations | $2,108 | 2 | 0 |
| Rodriguez-FLC, Enereida Lua | Selma | Aug 18, 2007 | 13 violations | $396 | 5 | $1,125 |
| Mora, Cesar FLC | Reedley | Aug 18, 2007 | 10 violations | $300 | 5 | $1,175 |
| Viscarra, Freddie FLC | Reedley | Aug 18, 2007 | 11 violations | $100 | 5 | $1,075 |
| Flagler Farms Inc. | Parlier | Aug 18, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Surabian & Son's Surabian Packing Compnay, Inc. | Reedley | Aug 18, 2007 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baloian Farms Baloian Packing Co., Inc. | Fresno | Aug 12, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solis Farms | Caruthers | Aug 11, 2007 | 15 violations | $221 | 5 | $1,100 |
| Fresno, Housing Authorities City & County of | Fresno | Jul 24, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Producers Dairy Foods, Inc. | Fresno | Jun 30, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzales, Leo L. Gonzales Corporation | Caruthers | Jun 2, 2007 | 26 violations | $906 | 14 | $5,300 |
| Ochoa Farm Labor Service | Sanger | Jun 2, 2007 | 12 violations | $595 | 4 | $1,800 |
| Leon Farms | Fresno | Jun 2, 2007 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B & C Packing, Inc. | Kingsburg | Jun 2, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Pacific Seeds, Inc. | San Joaquin | Jun 2, 2007 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marthedal Farms | Fresno | May 29, 2007 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llamas Farm Labor Contracting | Mendota | May 2, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J Carlos Corporation | Fresno | Apr 28, 2007 | 49 violations | $1,522 | 42 | $13,350 |
| Fresno-Madera Area Agency on Aging | Fresno | Apr 15, 2007 | 1 violation | $223 | 1 | 0 |
| FM Diaz Construction, Inc. | Fresno | Mar 29, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Krispy Kreme Doughnuts | Fresno | Jan 31, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Romano Construction, Inc- DBA: MRCI | Fresno | Jan 30, 2007 | 22 violations | $31,559 | 11 | 0 |
| Baycity Framers | Clovis | Jan 21, 2007 | 167 violations | $197,796 | 99 | 0 |
| Technicon Engineering Services, Inc | Fresno | Dec 31, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casa Sao Miguel Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 5 violations | $200 | 5 | 0 |
| Noia Community Center Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 5 violations | $185 | 5 | 0 |
| Casa Flores Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 3 violations | $137 | 3 | 0 |
| Casa Faial Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 3 violations | $130 | 3 | 0 |
| Casa Flamengos Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 2 violations | $99 | 2 | 0 |
| Casa Pico Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 2 violations | $89 | 2 | 0 |
| Casa Santa Maria Noia Residential Services, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 3, 2006 | 2 violations | $89 | 2 | 0 |
| RX Relief PrideStaff, Inc. | Fresno | Oct 24, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell Station Shalaby Enterprises, Inc. | Fresno | Sep 20, 2006 | 12 violations | $4,245 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert Mathews | Fresno | Sep 17, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit Harvest Fred Garza, Jr. Inc. | Sanger | Sep 9, 2006 | 12 violations | $920 | 7 | $2,100 |
| O.F. Ramos Ag Labor Services Inc. | Selma | Sep 9, 2006 | 19 violations | $635 | 9 | $4,800 |
| Superior Services, Inc. Superior Janitorial Services, Inc. | Fresno | Jul 12, 2006 | 2 violations | $422 | 1 | 0 |
| Baloian Farms Baloian Packing Co., Inc. | Fresno | Jul 11, 2006 | 17 violations | $1,218 | 12 | 0 |
| Baloian Packing Co., Inc. | Fresno | Jul 11, 2006 | 9 violations | $504 | 4 | 0 |
| Gomez Enterprises, Inc. | Huron | Jun 8, 2006 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| La Vera Infant Center | Fresno | Jun 1, 2006 | 3 violations | $284 | 2 | 0 |
| LaVera's Educational Center | Fresno | May 31, 2006 | 2 violations | $57 | 1 | 0 |
| Ewy Enterprises, Inc. | Parlier | May 16, 2006 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maximilano Rios FLC DBA: Rios Farm Labor Service | Reedley | May 9, 2006 | 8 violations | $85 | 1 | $1,750 |
| Shanghai Chinese Cuisine Shanghai Chinese Cuisine-Shanghai Restaur.LLC | Fresno | Apr 30, 2006 | 14 violations | $65,909 | 13 | 0 |
| The Fresno Bee The McClatchy Company | Fresno | Apr 30, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Building Materials Co. | Fresno | Mar 25, 2006 | 13 violations repeat | $6,875 | 12 | 0 |
| Primavera Ag Services | Reedley | Mar 20, 2006 | 13 violations | $345 | 9 | $875 |
| Nana's Playhouse and Learning Center | Fresno | Mar 9, 2006 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Creative Learning Center | Clovis | Feb 16, 2006 | 17 violations | $1,116 | 13 | 0 |
| Tang Dynasty | Fresno | Feb 7, 2006 | 6 violations | $7,830 | 2 | 0 |
| Harris Ranch Beef Company | Selma | Jan 31, 2006 | 70 violations | $29,465 | 69 | 0 |
| Hardin Industries Scales/Hardin Public Scales | Fresno | Jan 19, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wild Electric | Fresno | Jan 11, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplemental Health Care Services, Inc. | Fresno | Dec 31, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parlier Unified School District | Parlier | Nov 30, 2005 | 3 violations | $6,103 | 2 | 0 |
| Fresno County Office of Education | Fresno | Nov 30, 2005 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherta Farms, Inc. | Fresno | Nov 18, 2005 | 9 violations | $192 | 2 | 0 |
| Community Regional Medical Center | Fresno | Nov 14, 2005 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun Valley Labor Service | Caruthers | Oct 30, 2005 | 10 violations | $2,673 | 6 | 0 |
| Queen B Nails & Spa Fresno | Fresno | Oct 25, 2005 | 3 violations | $763 | 1 | 0 |
| Westco Equities, Inc. | Fresno | Oct 13, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhaliwal and Dhillon Farms | Kerman | Oct 8, 2005 | 12 violations | $574 | 8 | $950 |
| Java Lava | Selma | Oct 4, 2005 | 5 violations | $1,325 | 2 | 0 |
| Belman, Santos Belman-Campos, Santos J. | Kerman | Oct 1, 2005 | 14 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,150 |
| Nolte Sheet Metal, Inc. | Fresno | Sep 16, 2005 | 20 violations | $11,934 | 18 | 0 |
| Reedley Home (Country Home) | Reedley | Aug 17, 2005 | 7 violations | $12,075 | 6 | 0 |
| Acacia Home | Reedley | Aug 17, 2005 | 4 violations | $10,456 | 3 | 0 |
| Hollywood Home | Reedley | Aug 17, 2005 | 2 violations | $465 | 2 | 0 |
| Pearl Gates Home | Reedley | Aug 17, 2005 | 5 violations | $368 | 4 | 0 |
| Mi Rancho Tortillas, Inc. | Clovis | Aug 15, 2005 | 9 violations | $2,428 | 8 | 0 |
| Alvarez, Robert (FLC) | Reedley | Aug 6, 2005 | 21 violations | $3,752 | 18 | $1,550 |
| Javier's Mexican Restaurant | Fresno | Jul 30, 2005 | 13 violations | $45,752 | 11 | 0 |
| Viscarra, Federico E. Kings River Farm Labor Service Inc. | Reedley | Jul 30, 2005 | 8 violations | $145 | 1 | $1,350 |
| JVD, Inc. | Fresno | Jul 30, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norco Delivery Service, Inc. | Fresno | Jul 29, 2005 | 3 violations | $1,055 | 2 | 0 |
| Restaurant & Taqueria El Mexicano | Fowler | Jul 26, 2005 | 10 violations | $6,876 | 8 | 0 |
| Restaurant & Taqueria El Mexicano | Selma | Jul 26, 2005 | 4 violations | $751 | 2 | 0 |
| Freedom Farm Labor | Reedley | Jun 30, 2005 | 15 violations | $444 | 9 | $1,450 |
| Kingsburg Supermarket | Kingsburg | Jun 19, 2005 | 2 violations | $4,826 | 1 | $1,320 |
| Mateo Labor Camp | Caruthers | Jun 15, 2005 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Lopez, Salvador | Parlier | Jun 2, 2005 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,150 |
| Dermer's Creative Care | Fresno | Jun 1, 2005 | 11 violations | $610 | 10 | 0 |
| Kenneth Shinkawa Housing | Fresno | May 26, 2005 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $750 |
| JC Construction JC Interiors, Inc. Co. | Clovis | May 19, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ritchie Trucking Service Inc. | Fresno | May 15, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White Glove 100% Hand Car Wash | Fresno | May 10, 2005 | 23 violations | $19,214 | 22 | 0 |
| Britton Trucking Co., Inc. | Firebaugh | May 5, 2005 | 10 violations | $7,469 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam's Auto Sales | Fresno | Apr 30, 2005 | 2 violations | $4,077 | 1 | 0 |
| Con-Dev Services, Inc. | Selma | Apr 22, 2005 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings River Golf & Country Club | Kingsburg | Apr 20, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alondra Gonzalez Farm Corp. | Fresno | Apr 14, 2005 | 36 violations | $11,200 | 28 | $11,175 |
| Alondra Gonzalez Farm Corp. | Fresno | Apr 14, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Better Choice Preschool | Fresno | Apr 8, 2005 | 68 violations | $60 | 1 | 0 |
| Viking Pizza | Kingsburg | Apr 3, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Agnes Medical Center Child Care Center | Fresno | Apr 1, 2005 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hand In Hand Children's Center LLC | Fresno | Mar 31, 2005 | 11 violations | $466 | 9 | 0 |
| Cerutti & Sons Transportation Co, Inc. | Fresno | Mar 31, 2005 | 5 violations | $203 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack & Jill's Learning Center | Clovis | Mar 28, 2005 | 9 violations | $1,854 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack & Jill's Educational Center | Fresno | Mar 28, 2005 | 13 violations | $1,784 | 12 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Fresno County
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast N Esy | 2 | $585,824 | 149 | Feb 8, 2025 |
| Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC | 1 | $513,118 | 505 | Sep 20, 2022 |
| National Consolidated Couriers, Inc | 1 | $382,275 | 68 | Feb 1, 2015 |
| Barrier Specialty Roofing & Coatings | 1 | $278,180 | 85 | May 13, 2013 |
| Fresno County Fire Protection District | 3 | $215,036 | 86 | Aug 6, 2018 |
| Baycity Framers | 1 | $197,796 | 99 | Jan 21, 2007 |
| Empower Solar Inc | 1 | $148,779 | 135 | Jan 10, 2023 |
| M & L Plumbing Co., Inc. | 1 | $113,351 | 39 | Nov 21, 2018 |
| Central Valley Environmental | 1 | $109,663 | 251 | Nov 6, 2021 |
| Lins Fusion - Innovative Chinese Cuisine | 1 | $103,159 | 10 | Jul 16, 2016 |
| JD Home Rentals | 1 | $100,976 | 118 | Jul 27, 2015 |
| Carniceria Colima | 1 | $98,024 | 26 | Jan 8, 2020 |
| Lincoln Training Center | 1 | $88,311 | 79 | Jan 25, 2015 |
| Kings Construction Group | 1 | $87,627 | 8 | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Cason Trucking | 1 | $83,845 | 6 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Phoenix Coatings, Inc. | 1 | $79,715 | 52 | Jun 25, 2016 |
| Alfonso's Meat Market | 2 | $76,500 | 15 | Sep 18, 2015 |
| La Notte Refrigeration, Inc. | 1 | $72,947 | 6 | May 11, 2014 |
| Central Valley Tank of California | 1 | $69,216 | 36 | Jan 25, 2009 |
| Shanghai Chinese Cuisine | 1 | $65,909 | 13 | Apr 30, 2006 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $61,741 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 9 | $159,621 | 58 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | $98,322 | 29 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 | $193,806 | 213 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | $539,940 | 599 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 | $616,160 | 410 |
| 2020 | 29 | 20 | $247,057 | 114 |
| 2019 | 33 | 29 | $97,658 | 59 |
| 2018 | 44 | 34 | $256,819 | 253 |
| 2017 | 51 | 30 | $9,903 | 51 |
| 2016 | 31 | 21 | $301,587 | 155 |
| 2015 | 80 | 69 | $875,803 | 1,144 |
| 2014 | 44 | 36 | $123,920 | 238 |
| 2013 | 61 | 49 | $715,096 | 1,035 |
| 2012 | 68 | 54 | $123,004 | 294 |
| 2011 | 64 | 51 | $86,319 | 135 |
| 2010 | 37 | 27 | $223,885 | 217 |
| 2009 | 47 | 43 | $275,353 | 714 |
| 2008 | 38 | 36 | $254,490 | 510 |
| 2007 | 28 | 23 | $258,597 | 215 |
| 2006 | 31 | 25 | $120,839 | 184 |
| 2005 | 60 | 46 | $168,360 | 280 |
| 2004 | 24 | 20 | $44,433 | 182 |
Cities in Fresno County with cases
- Fresno460 cases, $3,594,711
- Clovis58 cases, $800,091
- Firebaugh7 cases, $523,839
- Sanger40 cases, $372,392
- Selma65 cases, $318,320
- Parlier24 cases, $71,054
- Reedley56 cases, $48,465
- Huron14 cases, $37,599
- Mendota7 cases, $27,760
- Kingsburg42 cases, $23,541
- Coalinga14 cases, $23,139
- Fowler17 cases, $16,196
- Kerman29 cases, $15,367
- Caruthers22 cases, $4,134
- San Joaquin1 cases, $0
Your rights in Fresno County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in Fresno 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 Fresno 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.