Wage and hour cases in Los Angeles County at a glance
Employers in Los Angeles County account for 10,609 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 8,183 of which found violations (77%). Employers agreed to pay $153,040,852 in back wages to 108,864 workers, and $9,248,217 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 40 cases closed with $703,363 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Manufacturing ($48,922,205), Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services ($15,863,077), Health Care and Social Assistance ($15,449,440).
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Health Care Center | Pasadena | Jan 31, 2020 | 299 violations | $378,332 | 217 | 0 |
| AJ General Engineering & Consulting | Lakewood | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 violations | $1,687 | 2 | 0 |
| Koppl Pipeline Services | Montebello | Jan 31, 2020 | 5 violations | $53 | 5 | 0 |
| Burger King | Montebello | Jan 28, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Innovative Rehabilitation Services | La Puente | Jan 27, 2020 | 203 violations | $21,519 | 200 | 0 |
| Arixa Arixa Capital Advisors LLC | Los Angeles | Jan 27, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Magadan | Los Angeles | Jan 25, 2020 | 9 violations | $9,000 | 3 | $6,118 |
| Inizio Intervensions, Inc. | Granada Hills | Jan 24, 2020 | 4 violations | $9,258 | 1 | 0 |
| Culichi Town Culichitown Restaurants Inc. | Pico Rivera | Jan 23, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Young Enterprises | Los Angeles | Jan 22, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northgate Market Northgate Gonzalez Markets, Inc. | South Gate | Jan 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gelson's Gelson's Market | Los Angeles | Jan 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gelson's Gelson's Market | West Hollywood | Jan 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blow Dry Bar | Torrance | Jan 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Food 4 Less Food 4 Less of California, Inc. | Gardena | Jan 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Top Star USA Construction Inc | Alhambra | Jan 15, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollister Co. | Downey | Jan 13, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tua Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jan 13, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JC Penny | Montebello | Jan 13, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fashion Nimo | Los Angeles | Jan 12, 2020 | 7 violations | $5,074 | 5 | 0 |
| Cherry Mellow | Los Angeles | Jan 12, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KT Corp. | Walnut | Jan 10, 2020 | 20 violations repeat | $19,035 | 19 | $13,946 |
| Cardenas Market | Pomona | Jan 10, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Education Associates | Long Beach | Jan 9, 2020 | 35 violations | $18,334 | 34 | 0 |
| Pioneer Custom Electrical Products | Santa Fe Springs | Jan 9, 2020 | 3 violations | $68 | 1 | 0 |
| Southwest Industries | Gardena | Jan 8, 2020 | 6 violations | $14,659 | 6 | 0 |
| OCI Land, Inc | Los Angeles | Jan 8, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,395 | 1 | 0 |
| Triton Construction Conceptual Management, Inc. | Compton | Jan 8, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice Cool | Montebello | Jan 3, 2020 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | $16,578 |
| Susan's Care Agency | Northridge | Dec 31, 2019 | 37 violations | $74,872 | 33 | 0 |
| Sky Zone Sky Zone, LLC / Sky Zone Franchise Group, LLC | Los Angeles | Dec 31, 2019 | 15 violations | $61,336 | 13 | 0 |
| Softscript | El Segundo | Dec 31, 2019 | 50 violations | $51,864 | 49 | 0 |
| Burger King Cornerstone Network, Inc. | Valencia | Dec 31, 2019 | 204 violations | $4,224 | 3 | 0 |
| Ozzie's Diner | Los Angeles | Dec 27, 2019 | 19 violations | $13,898 | 18 | 0 |
| Bolt USA | South El Monte | Dec 26, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold's Chicken & Bar Harold's Chicken West Coast, LLC | Los Angeles | Dec 24, 2019 | 11 violations | $1,954 | 9 | 0 |
| IPI Construction | Panorama City | Dec 19, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K Too | Los Angeles | Dec 16, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haute Fo Haute Fox, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 16, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fashion Queen Mania | Los Angeles | Dec 16, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Votique Votique USA, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 16, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day and Night Canaan Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 16, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jubless, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 15, 2019 | 42 violations | $159,479 | 26 | 0 |
| Rockwell Drywall, Inc. | San Dimas | Dec 15, 2019 | 21 violations | $6,293 | 20 | 0 |
| Social Vocational Services, Inc. | Torrance | Dec 15, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burgerim Burgerim Group, Inc. | Encino | Dec 13, 2019 | 20 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auntie Anne's All Triple Lee Corp. | Montebello | Dec 12, 2019 | 4 violations | $1,507 | 2 | 0 |
| CBC Framing | Canoga Park | Dec 9, 2019 | 32 violations | $4,270 | 31 | 0 |
| SJ Restaurant | Pomona | Dec 9, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollywood Highland Hotel & Hostel | Los Angeles | Dec 6, 2019 | 9 violations | $35,192 | 9 | 0 |
| Base Hill, Inc. dba Jan Point | Santa Fe Springs | Dec 6, 2019 | 5 violations | $1,317 | 1 | 0 |
| MayFlower Seafood Restaurant | Los Angeles | Dec 5, 2019 | 3 violations repeat | $4,985 | 1 | $564 |
| Olive Tree Mode, Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Inn and Suite | Los Angeles | Dec 4, 2019 | 3 violations | $21,128 | 3 | 0 |
| NOC Production | Los Angeles | Dec 4, 2019 | 8 violations | $19,856 | 5 | 0 |
| Real Estate Connection | Torrance | Dec 4, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Best Friends Animal Hospital | Monrovia | Dec 1, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Nose IT- Departement of Veteran Affairs | Los Angeles | Nov 30, 2019 | 2 violations | $3,138 | 1 | 0 |
| EnviroGreen Windows and Doors, Inc. | Torrance | Nov 28, 2019 | 4 violations | $4,346 | 2 | 0 |
| Prime Electric Distributors | Pasadena | Nov 27, 2019 | 12 violations | $8,291 | 10 | 0 |
| West Coast Concrete Inc. | Pomona | Nov 26, 2019 | 32 violations | $43,047 | 30 | 0 |
| Wetzel's Pretzels Reddy Franchise Group Inc. | Glendale | Nov 25, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,842 |
| Luxe RV | Calabasas | Nov 25, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lovemarks, Inc. dba Paper Crane | Vernon | Nov 22, 2019 | 24 violations | $15,212 | 24 | 0 |
| Culver City Volvo Cars / Mazda | Culver City | Nov 21, 2019 | 2 violations | $639 | 1 | 0 |
| IPI Construction | Panorama City | Nov 20, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec Dec 3, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 18, 2019 | 16 violations | $17,615 | 10 | 0 |
| Cinemark USA, Inc. | Carson | Nov 18, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Espressa Espressa USA, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 18, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enoch Production | Los Angeles | Nov 18, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TBless TBless Apparel Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 18, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Marketing Arm | Los Angeles | Nov 15, 2019 | 38 violations | $38,931 | 38 | 0 |
| Burger King Cornerstone Network, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 15, 2019 | 218 violations | $7,756 | 17 | 0 |
| Burger King Cornerstone Network, Inc. | Culver City | Nov 15, 2019 | 217 violations | $7,714 | 16 | 0 |
| Burger King Cornerstone Network, Inc. | Monrovia | Nov 15, 2019 | 211 violations | $7,231 | 10 | 0 |
| The Needle Corp. | Los Angeles | Nov 15, 2019 | 6 violations | $6,905 | 5 | 0 |
| Burger King Cornerstone Network, Inc. | Downey | Nov 15, 2019 | 210 violations | $1,342 | 9 | 0 |
| Certified Roofing Applicators | Norwalk | Nov 14, 2019 | 4 violations | $2,866 | 3 | 0 |
| SLL Fashion | Los Angeles | Nov 13, 2019 | 33 violations | $74,372 | 31 | 0 |
| J Code 88, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 13, 2019 | 11 violations | $11,362 | 9 | 0 |
| Flamingo Urban Flamingo Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 13, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lovely Melody | Los Angeles | Nov 13, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Queen Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2019 | 33 violations | $40,447 | 16 | 0 |
| Sunnyside Nursing and Post Acute Care | Torrance | Nov 12, 2019 | 4 violations | $3,631 | 3 | 0 |
| Reborn J | Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2019 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Truconnect Truconnect Communications, Inc | Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hopely Jayem, Inc. dba Hopely | Los Angeles | Nov 12, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PMS Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 11, 2019 | 14 violations | $14,302 | 9 | 0 |
| California Offset Printers, Inc. | Glendale | Nov 10, 2019 | 4 violations | $8,920 | 3 | 0 |
| Loveleya, Inc. | Vernon | Nov 8, 2019 | 5 violations | $416 | 4 | 0 |
| Starside Security and Investigation, Inc. | Diamond Bar | Nov 8, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcelo Construction | Newhall | Nov 7, 2019 | 8 violations | $1,322 | 6 | 0 |
| ADF Structural Steel | Redondo Beach | Nov 7, 2019 | 11 violations | $1,135 | 5 | 0 |
| Sign Resource Identity Group | Maywood | Nov 7, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LA Quality Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 6, 2019 | 12 violations | $21,309 | 9 | 0 |
| Tengfei Trucking Inc | San Gabriel | Nov 6, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F.J. Fashion Francisco J Morales Tapia | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petalo Fashion Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leyvas USA Inc | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TDI Merchant Group, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Los Angeles County
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Cartage Company | 1 | $3,573,075 | 1,416 | Nov 25, 2016 |
| Nestle USA | 2 | $2,877,139 | 3,672 | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Price Transfer | 1 | $1,993,974 | 925 | Oct 29, 2017 |
| Global Building Services, Inc. | 3 | $1,928,772 | 799 | Sep 30, 2010 |
| Southwest Fuel Management, Inc. | 2 | $1,918,793 | 875 | Jul 16, 2018 |
| CLP Skill Trade Solution Inc. | 1 | $1,804,017 | 0 | Sep 26, 2014 |
| L&Y Food, Lotus Poultry, Moon Poultry, et al | 1 | $1,254,706 | 251 | Mar 30, 2024 |
| A & Z Trucking | 2 | $1,242,230 | 87 | Aug 31, 2013 |
| Southern California Maids Service Inc | 1 | $1,214,354 | 343 | Dec 19, 2009 |
| Alan Berman Trucking | 3 | $1,190,755 | 97 | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Meza Poultry | 1 | $1,172,494 | 115 | Oct 8, 2023 |
| So Ca Maid Svc & Carpet Cleaning, Inc. (Refer | 1 | $1,115,646 | 224 | Aug 1, 2005 |
| California Professional Engineering | 1 | $1,085,552 | 94 | Aug 21, 2020 |
| Ocha Classic | 1 | $825,775 | 83 | Nov 1, 2020 |
| Farmer's Insurance Company | 2 | $774,270 | 1,796 | Sep 17, 2010 |
| G 1 Towing | 1 | $764,863 | 44 | Dec 18, 2022 |
| Farmers Insurance | 2 | $763,218 | 466 | Dec 31, 2011 |
| Gibraltar Home Health Services, LLC | 1 | $751,244 | 104 | Aug 24, 2024 |
| MiAngels Apparel | 1 | $724,604 | 472 | Jul 16, 2004 |
| CalPak Landscape | 1 | $710,573 | 170 | Dec 22, 2021 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | $529,669 | 250 |
| 2025 | 115 | 86 | $2,876,760 | 994 |
| 2024 | 206 | 153 | $5,655,769 | 1,704 |
| 2023 | 274 | 205 | $5,881,589 | 3,724 |
| 2022 | 230 | 183 | $5,018,055 | 1,850 |
| 2021 | 206 | 145 | $3,818,902 | 1,784 |
| 2020 | 269 | 197 | $5,072,796 | 2,248 |
| 2019 | 371 | 289 | $4,280,674 | 2,316 |
| 2018 | 440 | 373 | $7,890,440 | 4,118 |
| 2017 | 532 | 380 | $7,089,230 | 3,862 |
| 2016 | 449 | 372 | $8,320,226 | 4,353 |
| 2015 | 442 | 349 | $5,544,210 | 4,628 |
| 2014 | 556 | 457 | $7,075,444 | 4,888 |
| 2013 | 625 | 472 | $7,378,664 | 4,595 |
| 2012 | 856 | 591 | $8,022,540 | 6,683 |
| 2011 | 659 | 523 | $8,798,435 | 5,354 |
| 2010 | 503 | 392 | $7,728,844 | 7,431 |
| 2009 | 629 | 493 | $7,788,529 | 6,718 |
| 2008 | 674 | 504 | $10,004,060 | 12,293 |
| 2007 | 617 | 512 | $7,510,176 | 5,607 |
| 2006 | 628 | 504 | $7,437,441 | 6,182 |
| 2005 | 723 | 529 | $8,542,444 | 8,757 |
| 2004 | 438 | 346 | $5,816,385 | 6,013 |
Cities in Los Angeles County with cases
- Los Angeles5,161 cases, $51,112,998
- Glendale136 cases, $5,587,969
- Carson80 cases, $4,268,718
- South El Monte;233 cases, $4,232,377
- Gardena147 cases, $3,656,284
- Rowland Heights88 cases, $3,401,198
- El Monte90 cases, $3,321,259
- Compton100 cases, $3,262,405
- Van Nuys112 cases, $3,067,311
- Long Beach226 cases, $2,996,776
- Pasadena141 cases, $2,946,238
- Woodland Hills56 cases, $2,871,030
- Newhall26 cases, $2,725,871
- Hacienda Heights56 cases, $2,655,888
- Agoura Hills25 cases, $2,539,095
- Lancaster102 cases, $2,275,529
- Whittier81 cases, $2,154,308
- Northridge88 cases, $1,993,410
- Torrance148 cases, $1,947,963
- Monterey Park62 cases, $1,890,950
- Santa Fe Springs98 cases, $1,844,298
- North Hollywood113 cases, $1,655,839
- Cerritos54 cases, $1,522,154
- Sun Valley49 cases, $1,388,732
- Downey65 cases, $1,295,753
- La Puente110 cases, $1,222,135
- Sherman Oaks53 cases, $1,220,474
- Placentia44 cases, $1,167,533
- Pomona119 cases, $1,138,704
- Valencia62 cases, $1,106,004
- Palmdale61 cases, $926,119
- Beverly Hills65 cases, $906,482
- West Covina81 cases, $865,802
- Huntington Park56 cases, $821,462
- Vernon60 cases, $816,598
- Paramount43 cases, $760,117
- Baldwin Park65 cases, $743,116
- San Gabriel42 cases, $734,631
- Rosemead40 cases, $733,726
- Studio City25 cases, $715,925
Your rights in Los Angeles County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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.