GEO Group wage and hour record at a glance
GEO Group appears in 5 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Aug 31, 2014 and Aug 26, 2025. 2 of them found violations, 532 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $378,310 in back wages to 530 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. The largest single case closed Aug 31, 2014 in Adelanto with $378,310 for 530 workers. That places the employer at #165 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.
Industry as coded by the Division: Security Guards and Patrol Services; Correctional Institutions. Laws involved: service contracts (SCA).
Every case, newest first
| Case closed | Period investigated | City | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties | Laws |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | Aug 2023 to Aug 2025 | Bakersfield | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 | service contracts (SCA) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Jul 2023 to Dec 2024 | El Centro | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Jul 2017 to Jul 2019 | San Diego | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan 17, 2016 | Jan 2014 to Jan 2016 | Adelanto | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aug 31, 2014 | Aug 2011 to Aug 2014 | Adelanto | 530 violations | $378,310 | 530 | 0 | service contracts (SCA) |
Also filed as: The GEO Group, Inc.; GEO Group, Inc; Geo Group Inc; GEO Group, Inc.; The Geo Group; Geo Secure Services, LLC; The GEO Group; THE GEO GROUP, INC.
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, San Diego 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 GEO Group
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.