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Valley Resource Center Wage and Hour Cases in California

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

Valley Resource Center: 2 investigations, $1,881 in back wages for 39 workers, latest closed Feb 26, 2011.

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.

Valley Resource Center wage and hour record at a glance

Valley Resource Center appears in 2 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations in California, closed between Aug 15, 2006 and Feb 26, 2011. 1 of them found violations, 39 in all, and the employer agreed to pay $1,881 in back wages to 39 workers, with no civil money penalty assessed. The largest single case closed Aug 15, 2006 in Hemet with $1,881 for 39 workers. That places the employer at #9,584 of 23,910 California employers in the database by back wages.

Industry as coded by the Division: Vocational Rehabilitation Services.

Every case, newest first

Case closedPeriod investigatedCityFindingsBack wagesWorkers paidPenaltiesLaws
Feb 26, 2011Feb 2009 to Feb 2011Hemetno violations found000
Aug 15, 2006Aug 2004 to Aug 2006Hemet39 violations$1,881390

Also filed as: EXCEED.

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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