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Pacific Medical Laboratory Wage and Hour Cases in California

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Pacific Medical Laboratory: 3 investigations, $10,186 in back wages for 40 workers, latest closed Apr 5, 2019.

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.

Pacific Medical Laboratory wage and hour record at a glance

Pacific Medical Laboratory appears in 3 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Mar 14, 2016 and Apr 5, 2019. All of them found violations, 139 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $10,186 in back wages to 40 workers, plus $721 in civil money penalties. Of the back wages, $10,186 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Mar 14, 2016 in Irvine with $9,928 for 38 workers. The Division flagged 2 cases as repeat or willful. That places the employer at #5,931 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Medical Laboratories. Laws involved: FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Apr 5, 2019Apr 2017 to Apr 2019Irvine97 violations repeat000FLSA
Apr 22, 2017Mar 2016 to Apr 2017Irvine3 violations repeat$2582$721FLSA
Mar 14, 2016Mar 2014 to Mar 2016Irvine39 violations$9,928380FLSA

Also filed as: International Medical Laboratory; Pacific Medical Laboratory Inc.; International Medical Laboratory Inc.

Local pages: Irvine 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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If you work, or worked, at Pacific Medical Laboratory

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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