Employer record, U.S. Labor Department investigations

Super Mex Mexican Restaurants Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Super Mex Mexican Restaurants: 8 investigations, $17,971 in back wages for 20 workers, latest closed Aug 10, 2014.

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.

Super Mex Mexican Restaurants wage and hour record at a glance

Super Mex Mexican Restaurants appears in 8 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Nov 8, 2004 and Aug 10, 2014. 6 of them found violations, 26 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $17,971 in back wages to 20 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. Of the back wages, $17,971 was unpaid overtime and $0 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Aug 10, 2014 in Huntington Beach with $4,754 for 1 workers. That places the employer at #4,457 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Full-Service Restaurants. Laws involved: FLSA.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Aug 10, 2014Aug 2012 to Aug 2014Huntington Beach2 violations$4,75410FLSA
Aug 10, 2014Aug 2012 to Aug 2014Fountain Valley3 violations$4,00720FLSA
Aug 10, 2014Aug 2012 to Aug 2014Irvine4 violations$3,76030FLSA
Aug 10, 2014Aug 2012 to Aug 2014Cypress2 violations$3,39110FLSA
Aug 10, 2014Aug 2012 to Aug 2014Cypress2 violations$1,46110FLSA
Mar 28, 2007Jul 2006 to Mar 2007Long Beach13 violations$598120FLSA
Nov 8, 2004Nov 2002 to Nov 2004Long Beachno violations found000
Nov 8, 2004Nov 2002 to Nov 2004Long Beachno violations found000

Also filed as: Super Mex Mexican Restaurants, Inc.; Super Mex mexican Restaurants, Inc.; Super Mex; Mark's Mex, Inc.; Mark's mex, Inc; Mark's Mex, Inc; Mark's Mex.

Local pages: Huntington Beach employment lawyer, 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 Super Mex Mexican Restaurants

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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