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Quality Produce, LLC Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Quality Produce, LLC: 2 investigations, $11,769 in back wages for 44 workers, latest closed Dec 6, 2023.

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.

Quality Produce, LLC wage and hour record at a glance

Quality Produce, LLC appears in 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Jul 15, 2019 and Dec 6, 2023. All of them found violations, 460 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $11,769 in back wages to 44 workers, plus $146,245 in civil money penalties. The largest single case closed Jul 15, 2019 in Lakeview with $11,769 for 44 workers. That places the employer at #5,537 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, farm labor (MSPA), FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Dec 6, 2023Mar 2021 to Dec 2023San Bernardino400 violations00$131,209H-2A, farm labor (MSPA)
Jul 15, 2019Jul 2017 to Jul 2019Lakeview60 violations$11,76944$15,036FLSA, H-2A, farm labor (MSPA)

Also filed as: Quality Produce LLC.

Local pages: San Bernardino 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 Quality Produce, LLC

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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