Wage and hour cases in San Francisco County at a glance
Employers in San Francisco County 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 | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard's Heating & Air | San Francisco | Aug 28, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macy's West Macy's Department Stores, Inc. | San Francisco | Aug 20, 2008 | 1 violation | $6,502 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheap Pete's Framing Factory Outlet | San Francisco | Aug 3, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City of SF's Communities of Opportunity's | San Francisco | Jul 23, 2008 | 7 violations | $2,340 | 7 | 0 |
| Advance Pleating & Button Co. | San Francisco | Jul 20, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirin Cutting Service Inc. | San Francisco | Jul 20, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pizza Orgasmica | San Francisco | Jul 14, 2008 | 4 violations | $2,984 | 3 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | San Francisco | Jul 9, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorton Fashion Designs Inc.dbaOne Step Ahead | San Francisco | Jun 14, 2008 | 13 violations | $2,151 | 11 | 0 |
| United States Postal Services | San Francisco | Jun 1, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcatraz Cruises, LLC | San Francisco | May 31, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y & L Fashion, Inc. Yu Zhen Li dba Y & L Fashion, Inc. | San Francisco | May 24, 2008 | 7 violations | $692 | 7 | 0 |
| Cypress Security, LLC | San Francisco | May 19, 2008 | 1 violation | $1,440 | 1 | 0 |
| A.T. Kearney, Inc. | San Francisco | May 4, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landmark Education Landmark Education Enterprises, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 29, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safeway | San Francisco | Apr 19, 2008 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,960 |
| MJC SF LLC | San Francisco | Apr 15, 2008 | 38 violations | $128,518 | 38 | 0 |
| Cala Foods The Kroger Company | San Francisco | Mar 31, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,320 |
| Catherine Jane Catherine Jane Mendoza dba Catherine Jane | San Francisco | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feng Sheng Garments, Inc. | San Francisco | Mar 18, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Mayor's Youth Employment & ED. Program | San Francisco | Mar 16, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Direction, Inc. | San Francisco | Feb 29, 2008 | 7 violations | $25,870 | 6 | 0 |
| CHALK, Inc. | San Francisco | Feb 28, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeannette Jeannette Huang Guo dba Jeannette | San Francisco | Feb 10, 2008 | 11 violations | $10,823 | 10 | 0 |
| American Building Maintenance Co. of Georgia | San Francisco | Jan 31, 2008 | 21 violations repeat | $2,678 | 20 | $4,400 |
| 777 Worldwide, LLC | San Francisco | Jan 30, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer California | San Francisco | Jan 24, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University Games University Games Corporation | San Francisco | Jan 23, 2008 | 6 violations | $14,108 | 5 | 0 |
| Japanese Weekend Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 17, 2008 | 2 violations | $6,471 | 2 | 0 |
| Tea Collection Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 13, 2008 | 2 violations | $5,630 | 2 | 0 |
| Golden Bear Sportswear S. Slater & Son dba Golden Bear Sportswear | San Francisco | Jan 13, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. J. N. Fashion | San Francisco | Jan 13, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pizza Inferno Restaurant & Bar | San Francisco | Jan 10, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magic Flute Garden Ristorante | San Francisco | Jan 8, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disabled Employees Rehabilitation, Inc. | San Francisco | Jan 7, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Subway Sandwiches | San Francisco | Dec 24, 2007 | 15 violations | $7,288 | 14 | 0 |
| C & A Apparel, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 16, 2007 | 3 violations | $540 | 3 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tools Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tool Works, Inc. | San Francisco | Dec 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiser Permanente | San Francisco | Nov 20, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pay By touch Solidus Network Inc. | San Francisco | Nov 17, 2007 | 320 violations | $524,160 | 320 | 0 |
| Idex Global Services, Inc. | San Francisco | Nov 14, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GCI General Contractors, Inc. | San Francisco | Nov 14, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elite Cafe SKK Restaurant Group, LLC | San Francisco | Nov 13, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osteria-San Francisco | San Francisco | Nov 7, 2007 | 3 violations | $2,005 | 3 | 0 |
| Trattoria Pinocchio | San Francisco | Oct 31, 2007 | 23 violations | $3,589 | 18 | 0 |
| Amici's East Coast Pizzeria, Inc. | San Francisco | Oct 28, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Hunter Inc. dba Aqua Blues, David Wayne | San Francisco | Oct 26, 2007 | 16 violations | $45,057 | 16 | 0 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | San Francisco | Oct 26, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doherty Painting and Construction, Inc. | San Francisco | Sep 30, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rapsody Painting and Environmental Services | San Francisco | Sep 30, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagle RTEC, LLC | San Francisco | Sep 10, 2007 | 2 violations | $24,880 | 1 | 0 |
| Apparel City Sewing Machine Company Wang Sun Inc. dba Apparel City Sewing Machine | San Francisco | Sep 9, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,868 | 2 | 0 |
| Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Restaurant | San Francisco | Sep 5, 2007 | 13 violations | $19,704 | 13 | 0 |
| Ted and Al's Towing Service | San Francisco | Sep 1, 2007 | 8 violations | $27,416 | 7 | 0 |
| DMJM Harris, Inc. | San Francisco | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 violation | $26,148 | 1 | 0 |
| The Orphanage, Inc. | San Francisco | Aug 14, 2007 | 22 violations | $47,233 | 21 | 0 |
| Parc Hong Kong Restaurant | San Francisco | Jul 31, 2007 | 6 violations | $5,310 | 4 | 0 |
| The Janet Pomeroy Center | San Francisco | Jul 8, 2007 | 14 violations | $2,842 | 13 | 0 |
| Smith Construction, Inc. | San Francisco | Jul 4, 2007 | 2 violations | $19,048 | 2 | 0 |
| Massawa Restaurant | San Francisco | Jun 30, 2007 | 1 violation | $4,532 | 1 | 0 |
| S & T Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant | San Francisco | Jun 30, 2007 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amtech LIghtning Services, a Division of | San Francisco | Jun 24, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Son Vietnamese Restaurant | San Francisco | Jun 23, 2007 | 4 violations | $28,509 | 3 | 0 |
| Moonstar Restaurant Moonstar Buffet Corporation | San Francisco | Jun 16, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,057 | 2 | 0 |
| Betelnut Pacific Pejiu Wu Restaurant Partners, L.P. | San Francisco | Jun 5, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells Fargo Bank Well Fargo Bank National Assoc. | San Francisco | Jun 2, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | San Francisco | May 31, 2007 | 4 violations | $434 | 4 | 0 |
| Cha Cha Cha McCarthys on Mission, LLC | San Francisco | May 30, 2007 | 2 violations | $7,716 | 2 | 0 |
| Golden Gate Interiors | San Francisco | May 25, 2007 | 2 violations | $3,049 | 1 | 0 |
| U.S. Postal Service | San Francisco | May 17, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAI FLOWER FASHION, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 25, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,272 | 0 | 0 |
| SINGFAI, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 25, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenfield Sewing Company | San Francisco | Apr 19, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridge Capital, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 15, 2007 | 20 violations | $8,242 | 17 | 0 |
| UB Builders, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 15, 2007 | 13 violations | $4,891 | 11 | 0 |
| Couture by Azadeh | San Francisco | Apr 4, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer California | San Francisco | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer of California, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japanese Weekend Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byer of Califronia Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | San Francisco | Mar 31, 2007 | 3 violations | $90,436 | 2 | 0 |
| ABM Janitorial Services American Building Maintenance Incorporated | San Francisco | Mar 16, 2007 | 9 violations repeat | $43,958 | 8 | 0 |
| Teatro Zin Zanni | San Francisco | Mar 15, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taste Catering & Event Planning Taste Catering; A CA General Partnership | San Francisco | Mar 15, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gevity HR VII L.P. | San Francisco | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IGIGI, Inc. | San Francisco | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee & Lee Garment, Inc. | San Francisco | Mar 11, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom's Fashion Tie Yuan Tan & Ming Zhu Li dba Tom's Fashion | San Francisco | Mar 9, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L & L Manufacturer | San Francisco | Mar 8, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apex Car Wash | San Francisco | Feb 28, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J & W Sewing, Inc. | San Francisco | Feb 12, 2007 | 4 violations | $1,365 | 4 | 0 |
| Happy Day Sewing Factory Kwong Chan dba Happy Day Sewing Factory | San Francisco | Feb 10, 2007 | 2 violations | $6,349 | 2 | 0 |
| SSA Security, Inc., a Division of | San Francisco | Feb 9, 2007 | 45 violations | $22,819 | 36 | 0 |
| Del Monte Meat Company | San Francisco | Feb 8, 2007 | 4 violations | $121 | 4 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in San Francisco County
| 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 |
Cities in San Francisco County with cases
- San Francisco797 cases, $20,448,505
Your rights in San Francisco County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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.