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Crumbl Cookies Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Crumbl Cookies: 3 investigations, $7,699 in back wages for 108 workers, latest closed May 7, 2025.

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.

Crumbl Cookies wage and hour record at a glance

Crumbl Cookies appears in 3 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Aug 11, 2021 and May 7, 2025. All of them found violations, 124 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $7,699 in back wages to 108 workers, plus $11,140 in civil money penalties. The largest single case closed Nov 24, 2021 in Brentwood with $7,699 for 108 workers. The Division flagged one case as repeat or willful. 9 minors were involved in child labor findings. That places the employer at #6,616 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars. Laws involved: FLSA, child labor.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
May 7, 2025Jan 2025 to May 2025Moreno Valley1 violation000FLSA
Nov 24, 2021Nov 2019 to Nov 2021Brentwood117 violations repeat$7,699108$7,543FLSA, child labor
Aug 11, 2021Jun 2021 to Aug 2021Concord6 violations00$3,597child labor

Also filed as: Crumbl Cookies - Concord; Walnut Creek Cookies LLC; DBA Crumbl Cookies; Dough Boys 3 LLC.

Local pages: Moreno Valley employment lawyer, Concord 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.

Full explainer: what a Labor Department case is, and what it is not.

If you work, or worked, at Crumbl Cookies

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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