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Flame Broiler Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Flame Broiler: 5 investigations, $36,778 in back wages for 26 workers, latest closed Apr 22, 2021.

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.

Flame Broiler wage and hour record at a glance

Flame Broiler appears in 5 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Apr 11, 2008 and Apr 22, 2021. 4 of them found violations, 29 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $36,778 in back wages to 26 workers, plus $6,732 in civil money penalties. Of the back wages, $36,778 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Mar 12, 2016 in Foothill Ranch with $23,897 for 8 workers. The Division flagged one case as repeat or willful. 1 minors were involved in child labor findings. That places the employer at #2,577 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Limited-Service Restaurants. Laws involved: FLSA, child labor.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Apr 22, 2021Apr 2019 to Apr 2021Bakersfield1 violation000FLSA
Nov 1, 2020Feb 2020 to Nov 2020Coronano violations found000
Mar 12, 2016Mar 2014 to Mar 2016Foothill Ranch8 violations$23,89780FLSA
Jan 22, 2013Jan 2010 to Jan 2013Corona19 violations repeat$12,88118$6,732FLSA
Apr 11, 2008Jan 2008 to Apr 2008Pomona1 violation000child labor

Also filed as: The Flame Broiler; Peter Isakander DBA The Flame Broiler; Healthy Fast Food Corporation; Bakuli, Saani, CBRR, Adnal, Maha, Healthy; Vik&Karan LLC; AK Restaurants, Inc.

Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, Corona 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 Flame Broiler

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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