UPS wage and hour record at a glance
UPS appears in 7 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Sep 19, 2009 and Dec 26, 2021. 3 of them found violations, 8 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $5,752 in back wages to 5 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. Of the back wages, $5,362 was unpaid overtime and $390 unpaid minimum wage under the federal standard. The largest single case closed Jul 30, 2020 in Ontario with $4,782 for 3 workers. That places the employer at #7,327 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages. The same employer has 8 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the Division: Couriers and Express Delivery Services; Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services; Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Laws involved: FLSA.
Every case, newest first
| Case closed | Period investigated | City | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties | Laws |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2021 | Dec 2021 to Dec 2021 | Sunnyvale | 2 violations | $58 | 1 | 0 | FLSA |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Nov 2019 to Nov 2021 | Los Angeles | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 2020 to Nov 2020 | March Arb | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jul 30, 2020 | Jul 2018 to Jul 2020 | Ontario | 4 violations | $4,782 | 3 | 0 | FLSA |
| Jun 6, 2020 | Oct 2018 to Jun 2020 | South San Francisco | 2 violations | $912 | 1 | 0 | FLSA |
| Jan 2, 2018 | Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 | Ontario | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sep 19, 2009 | Sep 2007 to Sep 2009 | Sylmar | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Also filed as: United Parcel Service, Inc.; United Partition System, Inc.; UNITED PARCEL SERVICE GENERAL SERVICES CO.; United Parcel Service.
Local pages: Sunnyvale employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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.
Full explainer: what a Labor Department case is, and what it is not.
If you work, or worked, at UPS
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.