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Magana Labor Services Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Magana Labor Services: 7 investigations, $13,864 in back wages for 131 workers, latest closed Oct 15, 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.

Magana Labor Services wage and hour record at a glance

Magana Labor Services appears in 7 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Mar 26, 2007 and Oct 15, 2025. 6 of them found violations, 211 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $13,864 in back wages to 131 workers, plus $14,211 in civil money penalties. The largest single case closed Sep 30, 2020 in Fillmore with $9,053 for 56 workers. That places the employer at #5,106 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming. Laws involved: H-2A, FLSA, farm labor (MSPA).

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Oct 15, 2025Feb 2025 to Oct 2025Fillmore75 violations$2,64172$6,064H-2A
Sep 30, 2020Feb 2020 to Sep 2020Fillmore115 violations$9,05356$2,472FLSA, H-2A
Aug 20, 2015Mar 2015 to Aug 2015Fillmore9 violations$9222$2,300FLSA, farm labor (MSPA)
Jun 17, 2012Jun 2012 to Jun 2012Fillmore2 violations00$1,050farm labor (MSPA)
Jun 8, 2008Jun 2008 to Jun 2008Fillmoreno violations found000
May 5, 2007Apr 2007 to May 2007Fillmore1 violation00$1,000farm labor (MSPA)
Mar 26, 2007Mar 2005 to Mar 2007Fillmore9 violations$1,2481$1,325farm labor (MSPA)

Also filed as: Magana Labor Services, Inc; Magana Labor Services, Inc.

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 Magana Labor Services

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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