Wage and hour cases in Santa Clara County at a glance
Employers in Santa Clara County account for 1,225 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 960 of which found violations (78%). Employers agreed to pay $33,170,637 in back wages to 12,877 workers, and $1,571,291 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 4 cases closed with $26,858 in back wages. The industries with the most back wages here are Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services ($9,963,177), Health Care and Social Assistance ($5,514,465), Information ($4,279,807).
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Win Post Acute | Santa Clara | Jul 2, 2026 | 2 violations | $58 | 1 | 0 |
| Alpha Net Consulting LLC | Santa Clara | Mar 8, 2026 | 1 violation | $15,750 | 1 | 0 |
| Bonita Springs Care Home | Gilroy | Feb 23, 2026 | 3 violations repeat | $2,760 | 2 | $1,408 |
| Birrieria y Taqueria La Gran Senora | Sunnyvale | Feb 11, 2026 | 4 violations repeat | $8,290 | 3 | $2,113 |
| Kalesa Barzaga, Inc. | Milpitas | Jul 17, 2025 | 27 violations | $53,037 | 26 | 0 |
| Bloom Energy Corporation | San Jose | Jul 10, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homestead Liquor & Market | Sunnyvale | Jul 8, 2025 | 3 violations | $6,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Eataly Eataly Silicon Valley LLC | Santa Clara | Mar 27, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White Blossom Care Center | San Jose | Feb 25, 2025 | 19 violations repeat | $57,305 | 9 | $7,042 |
| Cuboid IT Solutions | Santa Clara | Dec 23, 2024 | 1 violation | $2,494 | 1 | 0 |
| Blackrock Stone Tile | Gilroy | Dec 10, 2024 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curry N More Rasa Hospitality, LLC | Santa Clara | Nov 20, 2024 | 6 violations repeat | $17,813 | 3 | $2,112 |
| O'Connor Hospital | San Jose | Nov 12, 2024 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Imperial Treasure | Palo Alto | Nov 8, 2024 | 38 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Siddha One, LLC | Los Gatos | Nov 6, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Millfelt dba Millfelt Properties | Santa Clara | Nov 5, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck E. Cheese CEC Entertainment, Inc. | Cupertino | Oct 20, 2024 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $48,105 |
| Gardaworld Garda CL West Inc. | Morgan Hill | Oct 2, 2024 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Upwork Inc. | Palo Alto | Oct 1, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madhuban Event and Catering | Milpitas | Sep 25, 2024 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metro PCS | San Jose | Aug 20, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apple | Cupertino | Aug 9, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intuit, Inc. | Mountain View | Jul 24, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KDInfotech | Santa Clara | Jul 16, 2024 | 1 violation | $14,111 | 1 | 0 |
| Utility Tree Service, Inc. | Milpitas | Jun 3, 2024 | 5 violations repeat | $19,854 | 4 | 0 |
| Great Golden River, LLC. | San Jose | May 31, 2024 | 15 violations repeat | $10,019 | 14 | $8,978 |
| A. Munoz Landscaping A. Munoz Landscaping Construction, Inc. | Morgan Hill | May 28, 2024 | 48 violations repeat | $72,742 | 47 | $10,563 |
| Paris Baguette Fresh Ventures PBSA/ TheLV Investment Grp LLC | San Jose | May 15, 2024 | 19 violations repeat | $68,955 | 18 | $11,543 |
| Nvidia NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | Apr 29, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Star Smog Check Santa Clara | Santa Clara | Apr 3, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Siesta Vista Home | San Jose | Mar 16, 2024 | 11 violations repeat | $40,858 | 10 | $10,410 |
| Viniart Care Home | San Jose | Mar 16, 2024 | 8 violations repeat | $26,152 | 7 | $7,287 |
| K & N Manor, Inc. | Gilroy | Mar 10, 2024 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Blue Residential Care Home Inc | San Jose | Mar 6, 2024 | 8 violations repeat | $23,873 | 8 | $688 |
| Blue Sky Care Home Inc. | San Jose | Mar 6, 2024 | 11 violations repeat | $18,625 | 11 | $688 |
| Cypress Care Home Life Services Alternatives Inc | Santa Clara | Mar 5, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebadat Residential Care Home | San Jose | Feb 6, 2024 | 10 violations repeat | $75,000 | 9 | $7,920 |
| Dave's Lock Service, Inc. | Santa Clara | Dec 30, 2023 | 3 violations | $185 | 1 | 0 |
| Sauced- Santana Row Fat Chance Entertainment, Inc. | San Jose | Dec 13, 2023 | 4 violations repeat | $319 | 3 | 0 |
| Peta I/O | Santa Clara | Nov 1, 2023 | 18 violations | $129,340 | 17 | 0 |
| United Security Specialist | Santa Clara | Oct 23, 2023 | 3 violations | $2,608 | 1 | 0 |
| OMG Tea | Santa Clara | Oct 18, 2023 | 40 violations | $19,098 | 39 | 0 |
| D-D Delight D-D Delight Incorporation | San Jose | Oct 10, 2023 | 3 violations | $8,358 | 2 | 0 |
| Sweet Maple JS Fine Dining Inc. | Palo Alto | Oct 4, 2023 | 22 violations | $68,089 | 21 | 0 |
| VIS Software Solutions Inc. | Milpitas | Oct 2, 2023 | 1 violation | $18,167 | 1 | 0 |
| Norcal Custom Builders and Construction, Inc. | San Jose | Sep 26, 2023 | 11 violations | $40,209 | 11 | $9,163 |
| Gateway Hotel & Consulting LLC | San Jose | Sep 11, 2023 | 39 violations | $4,298 | 38 | 0 |
| LeCut Construction | San Jose | Sep 8, 2023 | 9 violations | $4,786 | 5 | 0 |
| ByteDance, Inc. | San Jose | Aug 11, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cold Stone Creamery | Sunnyvale | Aug 3, 2023 | 57 violations | $4,076 | 46 | $70,534 |
| PetaIO Inc | Santa Clara | Aug 1, 2023 | 2 violations | $87,180 | 2 | 0 |
| Doggie Style Pet Resort | San Martin | Aug 1, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intuit, Inc. | Mountain View | Jul 31, 2023 | 2,610 violations | $555,185 | 2,607 | 0 |
| Sweetgreen | Palo Alto | Jul 31, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HCL America, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jul 26, 2023 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chipotle Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc | Mountain View | Jul 18, 2023 | 4 violations | $251 | 4 | 0 |
| HCL America, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jul 14, 2023 | 2 violations repeat | $14,954 | 1 | $1,225 |
| State of California, Dept of Motor Vehicles | Mountain View | Jul 12, 2023 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norcal Construction & Maintenance Inc | San Jose | Jul 9, 2023 | 2 violations repeat | $25,325 | 1 | $833 |
| Bober Coffee and Tea | Campbell | Jul 8, 2023 | 46 violations | $22,781 | 45 | $554 |
| MetafoodX | San Jose | Jun 21, 2023 | 1 violation | $662 | 1 | 0 |
| HCL America, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jun 13, 2023 | 2 violations repeat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heartland Organic and Natural Foods | San Jose | Jun 9, 2023 | 3 violations | $20,554 | 3 | 0 |
| Larkspur Landing Campbell | Campbell | Jun 2, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shake Shack | Santa Clara | May 23, 2023 | 14 violations | 0 | 0 | $211,932 |
| Zhangliang Malatang | Mountain View | May 11, 2023 | 6 violations | $1,999 | 5 | 0 |
| Lux Bus America | San Jose | May 10, 2023 | 3 violations | $72 | 1 | 0 |
| Oakfield Manor | Milpitas | May 9, 2023 | 15 violations repeat | $39,997 | 14 | $8,747 |
| Encore Staging Services, LLC | San Jose | May 2, 2023 | 3 violations | $12,401 | 2 | 0 |
| PUMP IT UP Gupta Ventures, LLC | San Jose | Apr 7, 2023 | 116 violations | $3,219 | 111 | $52,916 |
| County of Santa Clara, Valley Medical Center | San Jose | Apr 2, 2023 | 4 violations | $3,757 | 1 | 0 |
| AMC Saratoga 14 American Multi-Cinema, Inc. | San Jose | Mar 22, 2023 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $60,552 |
| Moveworks, Inc. | Mountain View | Mar 3, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caring Hands Residential Living II | San Jose | Feb 23, 2023 | 3 violations repeat | $61,305 | 1 | $665 |
| LinkedIn Linkedin Corporation | Sunnyvale | Feb 15, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paris Baguette Sweet Innvovation Corp | Santa Clara | Jan 24, 2023 | 18 violations repeat | $21,835 | 16 | $12,912 |
| Stanford University- Law School Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr U | Stanford | Jan 6, 2023 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EHealth Inc | Santa Clara | Nov 28, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dysico Care Home ARF | San Jose | Nov 21, 2022 | 2 violations repeat | $9,866 | 1 | $1,372 |
| Wheels 36 | San Jose | Nov 17, 2022 | 3 violations repeat | $8,333 | 2 | $1,614 |
| DELISIS INC | San Jose | Nov 4, 2022 | 1 violation | $22,301 | 1 | 0 |
| Compass Real Estate | Palo Alto | Oct 26, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly's Healing Massage Kelly�s Healing Massage Corporation | Mountain View | Oct 15, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Auto Body | Mountain View | Oct 7, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DMV California Department of Motor Vehicles | San Jose | Oct 6, 2022 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dough Zone Dough Zone NCA02 LLC | Cupertino | Sep 1, 2022 | 22 violations | $2,953 | 21 | 0 |
| DeGuzman Care and Support Inc | San Jose | Aug 31, 2022 | 18 violations repeat | $27,484 | 17 | $13,719 |
| Allied Universal Universal Legal Service, LLP | San Jose | Aug 31, 2022 | 2 violations repeat | $1,201 | 1 | $1,187 |
| Allied Universal Universal Security Services, LP | San Jose | Aug 25, 2022 | 1 violation | $276 | 1 | 0 |
| Ganesha Indian Cuisine Sweets & Catering | Santa Clara | Aug 10, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silicon Valley Cleaners | San Jose | Aug 1, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edible Arrangements | San Jose | Jul 30, 2022 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Universal Site Services | Milpitas | Jul 26, 2022 | 4 violations | $29 | 1 | $10,664 |
| Domino's Pizza | Campbell | Jun 26, 2022 | 130 violations | $269,427 | 125 | 0 |
| Rhineland Homes Construction | San Jose | Jun 3, 2022 | 2 violations | $280 | 2 | 0 |
| Hope Services | San Jose | May 31, 2022 | 48 violations | $18,336 | 24 | 0 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc | Santa Clara | May 31, 2022 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $27,720 |
| SCC at Home | Campbell | Apr 30, 2022 | 20 violations | $169,669 | 20 | 0 |
| Mountain Mike's Pizza | San Jose | Apr 10, 2022 | 6 violations | $2,181 | 4 | 0 |
| Priyanka Anant Patade | Milpitas | Apr 4, 2022 | 2 violations | $6,862 | 1 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Santa Clara County
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-Packard | 1 | $5,232,930 | 565 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| 2 | $3,346,196 | 359 | Feb 15, 2023 | |
| Byton North America | 1 | $1,749,185 | 76 | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Hewlett Packard (NASA ACES Contra)/Perspecta | 1 | $1,738,122 | 90 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| CHARIOT | 1 | $1,209,872 | 71 | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Yaana Technologies, LLC | 2 | $692,659 | 79 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Cintas Fire Protection | 1 | $653,435 | 81 | May 30, 2015 |
| National Consolidated Couriers, Inc | 1 | $590,144 | 68 | Feb 1, 2015 |
| Intuit, Inc. | 2 | $555,185 | 2,607 | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Visionary Lifestyles LLC | 2 | $496,240 | 79 | Mar 31, 2022 |
| Sanmina SCI Corporation | 3 | $483,186 | 137 | Feb 1, 2007 |
| Jass & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $359,044 | 9 | Mar 15, 2009 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | $269,427 | 125 | Jun 26, 2022 |
| Lozano Car Wash | 2 | $268,502 | 270 | Dec 6, 2008 |
| Amor Residential Care Home | 2 | $260,842 | 23 | Feb 17, 2016 |
| Ocampo Residential Care Home | 3 | $237,234 | 13 | Oct 31, 2011 |
| Siliconsage Builders | 2 | $219,793 | 134 | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Ultimo Software Solutions | 2 | $207,433 | 3 | Feb 29, 2012 |
| Support Linkages, LLC | 2 | $200,000 | 29 | Jan 28, 2015 |
| Effigent, Inc. | 1 | $195,490 | 12 | Jul 31, 2008 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | $26,858 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | $116,342 | 36 |
| 2024 | 28 | 19 | $390,496 | 133 |
| 2023 | 40 | 36 | $1,171,010 | 3,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | 29 | $939,546 | 307 |
| 2021 | 46 | 35 | $525,000 | 317 |
| 2020 | 48 | 35 | $2,377,262 | 372 |
| 2019 | 24 | 22 | $631,743 | 128 |
| 2018 | 20 | 13 | $5,448,451 | 606 |
| 2017 | 48 | 41 | $877,487 | 397 |
| 2016 | 48 | 37 | $2,430,001 | 431 |
| 2015 | 78 | 55 | $3,733,416 | 970 |
| 2014 | 61 | 46 | $4,624,456 | 739 |
| 2013 | 148 | 128 | $2,175,773 | 1,187 |
| 2012 | 134 | 113 | $1,502,794 | 888 |
| 2011 | 109 | 97 | $1,451,358 | 634 |
| 2010 | 65 | 48 | $957,926 | 615 |
| 2009 | 51 | 35 | $849,595 | 238 |
| 2008 | 42 | 33 | $663,267 | 389 |
| 2007 | 40 | 29 | $816,500 | 284 |
| 2006 | 42 | 17 | $196,283 | 108 |
| 2005 | 41 | 29 | $451,233 | 357 |
| 2004 | 46 | 35 | $418,277 | 454 |
Cities in Santa Clara County with cases
- San Jose596 cases, $11,098,915
- Palo Alto31 cases, $7,371,071
- Mountain View68 cases, $4,942,540
- Santa Clara137 cases, $4,176,103
- Sunnyvale105 cases, $1,719,112
- Milpitas64 cases, $1,577,513
- Campbell56 cases, $964,643
- Gilroy57 cases, $396,512
- Morgan Hill31 cases, $384,244
- Los Gatos25 cases, $113,511
- Saratoga10 cases, $109,614
- Cupertino26 cases, $105,356
- Alviso2 cases, $95,909
- Stanford7 cases, $84,556
- Los Altos4 cases, $16,888
- San Martin6 cases, $14,150
Your rights in Santa Clara County
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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.