Employer record, U.S. Labor Department investigations

Mission Car Wash Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Mission Car Wash: 4 investigations, $16,925 in back wages for 36 workers, latest closed Jan 13, 2012.

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.

Mission Car Wash wage and hour record at a glance

Mission Car Wash appears in 4 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between May 31, 2006 and Jan 13, 2012. 3 of them found violations, 42 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $16,925 in back wages to 36 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. Of the back wages, $16,925 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed May 31, 2006 in Upland with $9,911 for 28 workers. That places the employer at #4,596 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Car Washes. Laws involved: FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Jan 13, 2012Dec 2011 to Jan 2012Pomona5 violations000FLSA
Oct 17, 2008Aug 2007 to Oct 2008Pomonano violations found000
Dec 14, 2006Dec 2004 to Dec 2006Santa Rosa8 violations$7,01480FLSA
May 31, 2006Jul 2004 to May 2006Upland29 violations$9,911280FLSA

Also filed as: 7 - Well, Inc.; Mission Car Wash, A California Limited Partne; Mission Car Wash, Inc.; Mission Car Wash, Inc.

Local pages: Pomona employment lawyer, Santa Rosa 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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