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Lee's Dental Ceramics, Inc. Wage and Hour Cases in California

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Lee's Dental Ceramics, Inc.: 2 investigations, $16,086 in back wages for 21 workers, latest closed Jul 18, 2008.

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.

Lee's Dental Ceramics, Inc. wage and hour record at a glance

Lee's Dental Ceramics, Inc. appears in 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Jun 1, 2004 and Jul 18, 2008. All of them found violations, 21 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $16,086 in back wages to 21 workers, plus $924 in civil money penalties. Of the back wages, $16,086 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Jun 1, 2004 in Huntington Beach with $15,500 for 15 workers. The Division flagged one case as repeat or willful. That places the employer at #4,720 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; Dental Laboratories. Laws involved: FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Jul 18, 2008Jul 2006 to Jul 2008Cypress6 violations repeat$5866$924FLSA
Jun 1, 2004Jun 2002 to Jun 2004Huntington Beach15 violations$15,500150FLSA

Local pages: Huntington Beach 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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