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Golden Coast Senior Living Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Golden Coast Senior Living: 13 investigations, $143,447 in back wages for 38 workers, latest closed Oct 21, 2016.

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.

Golden Coast Senior Living wage and hour record at a glance

Golden Coast Senior Living appears in 13 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, all closed Oct 21, 2016. All of them found violations, 51 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $143,447 in back wages to 38 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. Of the back wages, $143,447 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Oct 21, 2016 in Mission Viejo with $21,771 for 4 workers. That places the employer at #586 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Homes for the Elderly. Laws involved: FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo5 violations$21,77140FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo4 violations$15,88130FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Fountain Valley5 violations$13,89440FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo4 violations$12,42630FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Fountain Valley3 violations$12,01120FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo3 violations$11,43920FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo3 violations$11,41420FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Laguna Hills4 violations$10,69230FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo3 violations$8,00220FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo4 violations$7,90430FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo6 violations$7,67750FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Mission Viejo4 violations$6,12330FLSA
Oct 21, 2016Oct 2014 to Oct 2016Lake Forest3 violations$4,21320FLSA

Also filed as: Golden Coast Senior Living House #9; Golden Coast Senior Living, Inc.; Golden Coast Senior Living, inc.

Local pages: Mission Viejo 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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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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