Wage and hour cases in Orange County at a glance
Employers in Orange County account for 2,263 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 1,704 of which found violations (75%). Employers agreed to pay $45,714,608 in back wages to 34,898 workers, and $1,900,769 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 9 cases closed with $961,342 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Construction ($7,717,506), Manufacturing ($7,244,866), Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services ($6,605,851).
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Plus | Orange | Jan 6, 2009 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucky Production | Westminster | Jan 1, 2009 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivid FX | Fountain Valley | Dec 29, 2008 | 4 violations | $1,520 | 3 | 0 |
| Promelis Seaside Market McNerney Mathews Enterprises, LLC | Newport Beach | Dec 28, 2008 | 2 violations repeat | $2,234 | 2 | 0 |
| Promelis Westcliff Market | Newport Beach | Dec 28, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vmoksha Technologies, Inc. | Newport Beach | Dec 15, 2008 | 7 violations | $14,934 | 2 | 0 |
| Nutritional Products INFANT AND NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS, INC. | Anaheim | Nov 17, 2008 | 2 violations | $250 | 1 | 0 |
| Quiksilver, Inc. | Huntington Beach | Oct 31, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 Cents Produce Market | Huntington Beach | Oct 27, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwood Ranch Market | Dana Point | Oct 27, 2008 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employee Benefits Consultants | Laguna Hills | Oct 24, 2008 | 5 violations | $111,500 | 1 | $900 |
| Tawa Supermarket Inc. | Buena Park | Oct 16, 2008 | 389 violations | $25,392 | 388 | 0 |
| 99 Ranch Market Irvine | Irvine | Oct 16, 2008 | 26 violations repeat | $1,407 | 25 | $5,500 |
| La Michoacana | La Habra | Oct 16, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Challenges, Inc. | Orange | Oct 13, 2008 | 25 violations | $76 | 25 | 0 |
| OK Food Mart | Buena Park | Sep 20, 2008 | 4 violations | $11,796 | 1 | 0 |
| Kim's Mobile Mart | Cypress | Sep 15, 2008 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palace Entertainment Inc. | Newport Beach | Sep 12, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Superior Landscape Services, Inc. | Orange | Aug 14, 2008 | 90 violations repeat | $17,243 | 88 | 0 |
| El Ranchito Market | Anaheim | Aug 11, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A & A 95 Cents Plus Store | Anaheim | Aug 11, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai Loa Market | Anaheim | Aug 10, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Public Image | Orange | Aug 6, 2008 | 106 violations | $49,878 | 105 | 0 |
| Minute King Market | Costa Mesa | Aug 3, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Produce and Meat Market | Costa Mesa | Jul 31, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaju Farmers Market | Garden Grove | Jul 18, 2008 | 32 violations repeat | $14,755 | 32 | $5,280 |
| Lee's Dental Ceramics, Inc. | Cypress | Jul 18, 2008 | 6 violations repeat | $586 | 6 | $924 |
| Nutricion Fundamental Inc. | Fullerton | Jul 15, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commercial Towing / Papas Auto Repair & Tires | Cypress | Jul 13, 2008 | 15 violations repeat | $1,406 | 14 | $6,545 |
| Fry's Market | Newport Beach | Jul 4, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welm Transportation Services Corp. | Buena Park | Jun 30, 2008 | 28 violations | $100,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Westview Services, Inc | Anaheim | Jun 27, 2008 | 6 violations | $19 | 6 | 0 |
| Hannam Chain Corp | Buena Park | Jun 27, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crown Furniture | Fullerton | Jun 22, 2008 | 9 violations repeat | $16,391 | 8 | $1,232 |
| Pioneer Business International Inc. | Garden Grove | Jun 16, 2008 | 14 violations repeat | $10,923 | 13 | $6,078 |
| Custom Wood Interiors Associated Construction & Design Inc. | San Clemente | Jun 9, 2008 | 1 violation repeat | $10,270 | 1 | 0 |
| Performance Development | Orange | May 27, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MNM Productions, Inc. | Garden Grove | May 17, 2008 | 44 violations | $138,484 | 32 | 0 |
| McDonald's Dejon Enterprises | Cypress | May 15, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McDonald's | Orange | May 15, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Buffet L3 Global Services, Inc. | Garden Grove | May 1, 2008 | 11 violations | $15,576 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlies Chili Arsalan Farmanfarmai / Patricia Farmanfarmai | Newport Beach | Apr 25, 2008 | 10 violations | $30,879 | 9 | 0 |
| Ganahl Lumber Company | Costa Mesa | Apr 25, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Car Wash Bristol Warner Plaza, LLC | Santa Ana | Apr 20, 2008 | 139 violations | $50,000 | 77 | 0 |
| H. B. PLASTERING | Huntington Beach | Apr 19, 2008 | 14 violations | $44,931 | 13 | 0 |
| Dharma Construction Services | Costa Mesa | Apr 19, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lighting Technology Services Inc. (LTS) | Santa Ana | Apr 18, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A & M Pools, Inc. | La Habra | Apr 13, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super 1 Hannam, Inc. | La Habra | Apr 9, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surah Korean BBQ | Buena Park | Apr 7, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prime Warehouse, Inc. | Santa Ana | Mar 29, 2008 | 11 violations | $7,490 | 11 | 0 |
| Capistrano Tire & Brake | San Juan Capistrano | Mar 23, 2008 | 4 violations | $18,024 | 3 | 0 |
| Westminster Hand Car Wash | Westminster | Mar 21, 2008 | 15 violations | $32,751 | 7 | 0 |
| Pet Hospital Pet Hospital Veterinary, Corp | Orange | Mar 8, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democo Inc. | Orange | Mar 1, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Park Family Dental | Santa Ana | Feb 29, 2008 | 11 violations | $16,103 | 11 | 0 |
| Firestone Complete Auto Care | Garden Grove | Feb 23, 2008 | 7 violations | $16,835 | 7 | 0 |
| Warco West American Rubber Company, LLC | Orange | Feb 15, 2008 | 11 violations | $68,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael S. Barnes, D.D.S. | Newport Beach | Feb 5, 2008 | 7 violations | $4,709 | 5 | 0 |
| Seoul Oak Korean BBQ Restaurant | Garden Grove | Feb 3, 2008 | 13 violations | $4,013 | 12 | 0 |
| La Habra Ranch Market, Inc. | La Habra | Feb 2, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunterra SunTerra Produce Traders, Inc | Newport Beach | Jan 25, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 800 Dryclean of Orange County | Lake Forest | Jan 18, 2008 | 46 violations | $34,388 | 45 | 0 |
| Mandarin Palace Chinese Restaurant | Fullerton | Jan 2, 2008 | 10 violations | $27,616 | 9 | 0 |
| Caribou Industries Inc | Santa Ana | Dec 18, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SJI Concepts/JFN Partners | Newport Beach | Dec 15, 2007 | 2 violations | $6,757 | 1 | 0 |
| Performance Health Medical Group, Inc. | Aliso Viejo | Dec 13, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soot Bul Gib | Buena Park | Dec 9, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollister Construction Company | Anaheim | Nov 25, 2007 | 4 violations repeat | $676 | 3 | $462 |
| West Coast Consulting LLC. | Newport Beach | Nov 7, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Hermanos Spermarket | Anaheim | Nov 4, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TTM Technologies, Inc. | Santa Ana | Oct 23, 2007 | 4 violations | $6,874 | 3 | 0 |
| Speed Solution Speed Solution International Inc. | Brea | Oct 22, 2007 | 17 violations | $26,495 | 17 | 0 |
| Y2BK Company | Anaheim | Oct 15, 2007 | 4 violations | $323 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Harlow | Anaheim | Oct 2, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prudential Overall Supply dba POS | Irvine | Sep 30, 2007 | 170 violations | $25,134 | 170 | 0 |
| Pure Joy | Huntington Beach | Sep 17, 2007 | 97 violations | $54,102 | 61 | 0 |
| ENE Design and Construction | Santa Ana | Sep 17, 2007 | 5 violations | $8,360 | 4 | 0 |
| W & R Properties | San Clemente | Sep 15, 2007 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Digital Mapping, Inc. | Huntington Beach | Sep 4, 2007 | 8 violations | $52,747 | 3 | 0 |
| Automatic Fire Protection | Yorba Linda | Sep 4, 2007 | 10 violations | $43,326 | 5 | 0 |
| Bright Now Dental, Inc. | Santa Ana | Sep 4, 2007 | 2 violations | $17,794 | 1 | $500 |
| Spice India | Lake Forest | Sep 2, 2007 | 2 violations repeat | $362 | 1 | 0 |
| Martha's Market | Anaheim | Aug 31, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranchito Supermarket | Stanton | Aug 31, 2007 | 59 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Personal Touch Cleaning & Maintenance | Irvine | Aug 23, 2007 | 1 violation | $360 | 1 | 0 |
| Best Miracle Corporation | Santa Ana | Aug 17, 2007 | 54 violations repeat | $194,552 | 47 | $46,200 |
| Haupt Dental Lab | Brea | Aug 17, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montecito Landscape Construction | La Habra | Aug 10, 2007 | 28 violations | $22,720 | 27 | 0 |
| Tidy Enterprise of CR, Inc | La Palma | Aug 9, 2007 | 79 violations | $19,888 | 77 | 0 |
| Professional Car Care Wash | Huntington Beach | Aug 6, 2007 | 83 violations | $142,675 | 82 | 0 |
| Promelis Westcliff Market | Newport Beach | Aug 5, 2007 | 5 violations | $784 | 4 | 0 |
| Garris Plastering Padilla Construction Company | Orange | Aug 3, 2007 | 901 violations repeat | $243,981 | 900 | $25,000 |
| T & T Fashion | Garden Grove | Aug 1, 2007 | 6 violations repeat | $3,850 | 5 | $1,925 |
| Ilium, Inc. | Garden Grove | Jul 31, 2007 | 16 violations | $5,073 | 15 | 0 |
| st Choice Mortgage Cameron Financial Group, Inc. | Laguna Hills | Jul 31, 2007 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Good Style, Inc. | Garden Grove | Jul 30, 2007 | 6 violations repeat | $2,374 | 5 | $770 |
| Lucky T & C | Santa Ana | Jul 29, 2007 | 11 violations | $3,932 | 10 | 0 |
| La Michoacana Meat Market | La Habra | Jul 29, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanam Chain Super 1 Market | Buena Park | Jul 27, 2007 | 199 violations repeat | $35,298 | 199 | $37,213 |
Largest back-wage records in Orange County
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alorica | 2 | $3,193,839 | 3,174 | Feb 24, 2023 |
| Cybercoders | 1 | $1,800,000 | 539 | Sep 24, 2023 |
| Beckman Coulter | 4 | $1,354,138 | 1,132 | Jul 8, 2014 |
| Acepex Management Corp | 1 | $786,290 | 52 | Jun 30, 2024 |
| Sovereign Health Group | 1 | $660,766 | 525 | Apr 28, 2018 |
| Down N Dirty Inc. | 1 | $647,637 | 166 | Aug 5, 2011 |
| Staffworks, Inc. | 1 | $637,951 | 878 | Jan 17, 2004 |
| Arbon Equipment | 1 | $633,207 | 422 | Dec 20, 2014 |
| Saddleback Roofing | 1 | $616,652 | 341 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| Legal Turn Inc./Federal Loan Modification LLC | 1 | $586,500 | 246 | Apr 30, 2009 |
| Elite Aerosapce Group | 1 | $583,950 | 85 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| JEM | 2 | $529,187 | 145 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| The Cut and Sew Co. Inc. | 1 | $468,073 | 113 | Sep 21, 2025 |
| Laundry Room Clothing Inc. | 3 | $451,896 | 151 | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Michaelson, Connor & Boul, Inc. (MCB) | 2 | $444,225 | 312 | Dec 10, 2010 |
| Joined Inc. | 1 | $438,509 | 58 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| Terra Universal Inc. | 1 | $373,739 | 224 | Aug 4, 2010 |
| Aegis Home Funding | 1 | $373,607 | 93 | Apr 30, 2005 |
| Ross Plastering | 1 | $350,032 | 58 | Sep 17, 2010 |
| Margaret's Home | 1 | $348,198 | 54 | Apr 15, 2017 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $151,239 | 18 |
| 2025 | 18 | 16 | $961,977 | 353 |
| 2024 | 44 | 32 | $1,295,104 | 222 |
| 2023 | 42 | 38 | $2,736,970 | 1,130 |
| 2022 | 51 | 41 | $3,683,189 | 3,826 |
| 2021 | 46 | 37 | $1,570,067 | 528 |
| 2020 | 81 | 65 | $1,785,323 | 1,082 |
| 2019 | 95 | 73 | $989,570 | 952 |
| 2018 | 56 | 50 | $1,843,436 | 1,237 |
| 2017 | 138 | 124 | $2,461,894 | 1,166 |
| 2016 | 139 | 113 | $2,406,692 | 2,265 |
| 2015 | 171 | 148 | $2,586,203 | 1,673 |
| 2014 | 149 | 121 | $3,501,305 | 2,914 |
| 2013 | 202 | 156 | $2,273,582 | 1,653 |
| 2012 | 138 | 99 | $1,612,524 | 1,387 |
| 2011 | 102 | 70 | $2,021,174 | 1,000 |
| 2010 | 109 | 75 | $2,589,158 | 1,531 |
| 2009 | 116 | 66 | $2,643,808 | 1,829 |
| 2008 | 62 | 41 | $900,379 | 985 |
| 2007 | 123 | 93 | $1,605,055 | 2,455 |
| 2006 | 99 | 67 | $1,988,387 | 2,482 |
| 2005 | 162 | 86 | $1,715,549 | 1,374 |
| 2004 | 81 | 63 | $1,635,551 | 2,583 |
Cities in Orange County with cases
- Irvine200 cases, $9,333,995
- Anaheim290 cases, $5,015,730
- Santa Ana336 cases, $3,959,808
- Orange155 cases, $3,418,710
- Garden Grove172 cases, $2,680,174
- Huntington Beach107 cases, $2,581,466
- Brea57 cases, $2,528,354
- San Clemente39 cases, $2,123,679
- Fullerton,78 cases, $1,918,703
- Mission Viejo76 cases, $1,448,621
- Costa Mesa98 cases, $1,271,146
- Tustin61 cases, $998,798
- Westminster63 cases, $956,495
- Fountain Valley47 cases, $798,577
- Newport Beach78 cases, $777,852
- Buena Park83 cases, $723,534
- San Juan Capistrano27 cases, $700,966
- Los Alamitos17 cases, $556,650
- Laguna Hills19 cases, $544,664
- Lake Forest44 cases, $497,601
- La Habra42 cases, $475,413
- Yorba Linda30 cases, $393,766
- Aliso Viejo13 cases, $361,558
- La Palma11 cases, $345,834
- Cypress28 cases, $337,922
- Stanton35 cases, $313,085
- Laguna Niguel19 cases, $228,749
- Dana Point10 cases, $168,191
- Foothill Ranch6 cases, $110,526
- Corona Del Mar3 cases, $74,708
- Laguna Beach7 cases, $42,436
- Ladera Ranch2 cases, $12,681
- Laguna Woods1 cases, $6,157
- Newport Coast1 cases, $4,808
- Trabuco Canyon3 cases, $3,251
- Seal Beach5 cases, $0
Your rights in Orange County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in Orange 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 Orange 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.