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Baloian Farms Wage and Hour Cases in California

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.

Baloian Farms: 4 investigations, $1,218 in back wages for 12 workers, latest closed Aug 12, 2015.

Every federal wage and hour case closed in California since 2004 and a handful before: 30,596 investigations, 23,910 employers, $472,441,289 in back wages for 335,130 workers.

Baloian Farms wage and hour record at a glance

Baloian Farms appears in 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Jul 11, 2006 and Aug 12, 2015. All of them found violations, 26 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $1,218 in back wages to 12 workers, plus $2,600 in civil money penalties. The largest single case closed Jul 11, 2006 in Fresno with $1,218 for 12 workers. That places the employer at #10,233 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.

Industry as coded by the Division: Vegetable and Melon Farming. Laws involved: FLSA, farm labor (MSPA).

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Aug 12, 2015Jun 2015 to Aug 2015Fresno4 violations00$1,900FLSA, farm labor (MSPA)
Oct 27, 2011Oct 2011 to Oct 2011Fresno3 violations00$700farm labor (MSPA)
Aug 12, 2007Jun 2007 to Aug 2007Fresno2 violations000farm labor (MSPA)
Jul 11, 2006Jun 2006 to Jul 2006Fresno17 violations$1,218120farm labor (MSPA)

Also filed as: Baloian Packing Co., Inc.; Baloian Packing Company, Inc.

Local pages: Fresno employment lawyer.

How to read this record

Each row is one federal investigation. Period investigated is the span of payroll the Division reviewed, usually two years back from the complaint. Back wages is what the employer agreed to pay for that period at the federal rate; penalties went to the government, not to workers.

Back wages computed under the federal law are usually a fraction of the California number for the same hours: the state minimum is $16.90 in 2026, overtime starts after 8 hours in a day, and each missed meal or rest period adds an hour of pay. Workers paid in these cases may still be owed that difference, and the federal release form covers only the federal claim.

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If you work, or worked, at Baloian Farms

Pull together your pay stubs and your own record of hours for the last three years, request your pay records in writing (the employer has 21 days under Labor Code 226), and keep any WH-58 receipt from a Labor Department payment. A free review tells you in one call whether the California numbers exceed what was paid, whether break premiums and waiting time penalties apply, and whether anything that happened after you complained counts as retaliation. Call (800) 371-3088 or send your stubs.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases. Record last checked Oct 30, 2026. 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.

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