Wage and hour cases in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting at a glance
California employers in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting account for 2,871 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 2,243 of which found violations (78%). Employers agreed to pay $17,564,590 in back wages to 34,342 workers, and $16,069,333 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 16 cases closed with $58,815 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terri Oyarzun DBA Goats R US Tilden Park Merry Go Round/ Goats R Us | Briones | Apr 27, 2012 | 46 violations | $6,534 | 19 | $48,300 |
| Cottonwest LLC | Huron | Apr 24, 2012 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $550 |
| Juan Aguirre Farming Juan Aguirre, Sole Proprietor | Los Angeles | Apr 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J & R Farm Labor, Inc. | Clarksburg | Apr 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Farms, Inc. | Clarksburg | Apr 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Oseguera Company | Salinas | Apr 10, 2012 | 838 violations | $96,321 | 334 | $749,400 |
| Four Seasons Produce Packing Company, Inc. | Salinas | Apr 10, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Apr 10, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fanciful Company | Salinas | Apr 1, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods, Inc. | Bard | Mar 30, 2012 | 398 violations | $11,525 | 387 | $16,050 |
| Sun Fong Farm, Inc. | Thermal | Mar 27, 2012 | 22 violations | $9,287 | 21 | 0 |
| LN Farm, Inc. | Monterey Park | Mar 26, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esparza Enterprises, Inc. | Coachella | Mar 25, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grimmway Farms Grimmway Enterprises, Inc. | Bakersfield | Mar 25, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micheli Family Farms, Inc. | Live Oak | Mar 21, 2012 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sundown Farms, Inc. | Live Oak | Mar 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montalvo Farms, LLC | Oxnard | Mar 21, 2012 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westview Berry Farms, LLC | Oxnard | Mar 21, 2012 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O.M. Contracting Inc. | Thermal | Mar 17, 2012 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $50 |
| Diaz Contracting | Visalia | Feb 29, 2012 | 86 violations | $26,507 | 79 | $8,425 |
| SSB Farming SSB Farming Co. LLC | Madera | Feb 29, 2012 | 84 violations | 0 | 0 | $8,350 |
| Sunfresh USA, Inc. | Ventura | Feb 23, 2012 | 35 violations repeat | $426 | 15 | $5,850 |
| Ito Brothers, Inc. | Ventura | Feb 23, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moises Adan Moises Uriostegui Adan - Sole Proprietorship | Redlands | Feb 23, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corona Farms | Riverside | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Luis Torres Medina | Thermal | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alma Farms | Oxnard | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solimar Farms Inc. | Oxnard | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laguna Farms | Camarillo | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabino Cordero | Redlands | Feb 22, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fuji Natural Foods, Inc. | Ontario | Feb 21, 2012 | 1 violation | $4,258 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoog IL Farm | Chino | Feb 21, 2012 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marz Farms (Calleguas Creek) | Camarillo | Feb 21, 2012 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $75 |
| Marz Farms (Calleguas Creek) | Camarillo | Feb 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marz Farms (Calleguas Creek) | Camarillo | Feb 21, 2012 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbor View Farms | Oxnard | Feb 19, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McGrath Farms/ Reiter | Camarillo | Feb 19, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MC Farm Labor Contracting | Madera | Feb 18, 2012 | 25 violations | $1,156 | 14 | $2,425 |
| Sun-Beam Fruit Co., Inc | Madera | Feb 18, 2012 | 21 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,825 |
| Barth Farms | Ontario | Feb 17, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucky Farms, Inc. | San Bernardino | Feb 15, 2012 | 79 violations | $10,134 | 76 | $7,625 |
| Stamoules Produce Company | Mendota | Feb 14, 2012 | 12 violations | $1,936 | 6 | $2,700 |
| John Van Ruiten, Jr. Farms | Lodi | Feb 14, 2012 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $825 |
| Torres Date Packing Fernando M Torres DBA Torres Date Packing | Thermal | Feb 9, 2012 | 17 violations | $5,729 | 14 | $1,400 |
| Atlas Vineyard Management | Napa | Feb 8, 2012 | 18 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,600 |
| Redding Tree Growers Corporation | Exeter | Feb 7, 2012 | 16 violations | $3,830 | 15 | 0 |
| Mulas Dairy Company Inc. | Sonoma | Feb 7, 2012 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $225 |
| Esparza Farm Labor Contractor E. Esparza Farms Labor Contractor Inc. | Galt | Feb 6, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mencarini Brothers | Lodi | Feb 6, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AVP&H, a California Corporation Alta Vista Packing and Harvest Corporation | Stockton | Feb 5, 2012 | 92 violations | $2,323 | 39 | $1,475 |
| Manna Ranch Inc. Michael L. Manna Ranch, Inc. | Acampo | Feb 5, 2012 | 67 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,325 |
| Jagbir Singh Sandhu (AgEr) | Porterville | Feb 4, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KG Farm Service | Acampo | Feb 1, 2012 | 5 violations | $192 | 1 | 0 |
| Guerrero Transportation & Contracting, Inc. | Bakersfield | Jan 28, 2012 | 10 violations | $167 | 2 | $650 |
| RJL Labor Services, Inc. | Clovis | Jan 21, 2012 | 15 violations | $2,020 | 7 | $1,775 |
| Koligian, Michael A. (AgEr) | Fresno | Jan 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guzman & Sons Produce Guzman & Sons Produce (AGER) | Atwater | Jan 21, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Rodriguez Labor Contractor | Patterson | Jan 20, 2012 | 67 violations | $1,698 | 61 | $6,550 |
| Vino Farms | Healdsburg | Jan 18, 2012 | 5 violations | $245 | 1 | $675 |
| Clendenen Vineyard Management, LLC | Healdsburg | Jan 18, 2012 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magdaleno Farm Labor Service | Stockton | Jan 18, 2012 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $900 |
| LIncoIn Chan Farms, LLC | Courtland | Jan 18, 2012 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $800 |
| Tri-Valley Vineyard Management | Cloverdale | Jan 15, 2012 | 10 violations | $2,415 | 3 | $1,175 |
| Carmona-Padilla, Jose Refugio (FLC) | Ivanhoe | Jan 14, 2012 | 11 violations | $303 | 4 | $1,400 |
| Klink Citrus Association (AGAS) | Ivanhoe | Jan 14, 2012 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $750 |
| A & B Harvesting Inc | Bakersfield | Jan 11, 2012 | 34 violations repeat | $8,881 | 33 | $100 |
| Mendoza Farm Labor Contracting | Madera | Jan 11, 2012 | 11 violations | $200 | 4 | $2,800 |
| Boghosian Raisin Packing Co., Inc (AgEr) | Fowler | Jan 11, 2012 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $550 |
| Ayalaz Ag Services | Tulare | Dec 18, 2011 | 6 violations | $202 | 2 | $600 |
| Michael Albert Lenzini | Berkeley | Dec 14, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matos Stables Gilbert Manuel Matos | Concord | Dec 14, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Klokstad Racing Stables | Berkeley | Dec 12, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oku, Inc. | Pescadero | Dec 7, 2011 | 22 violations | $10,100 | 0 | $7,800 |
| Westland Nursery Inc. | Pescadero | Dec 6, 2011 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $325 |
| Fernandez Farms, Inc. | Watsonville | Dec 1, 2011 | 768 violations | 0 | 0 | $740,850 |
| Netto Ag, Inc. | Hanford | Nov 28, 2011 | 27 violations | $28,421 | 27 | 0 |
| Roberto Juan Ceja (FLC) | Knights Landing | Nov 28, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J A Contracting | Visalia | Nov 25, 2011 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| J & H Tree Service | Visalia | Nov 15, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggie Ordonez Racing Stable | Martinez | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Brook Racing Stable | San Francisco | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas Sloan | Napa | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quentin B. Miller | San Francisco | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Howey Racing Stables | Fresno | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gloria Haley | Berkeley | Nov 9, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Westside Transplants | Winters | Nov 7, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marroquin, Gilbert | Visalia | Nov 5, 2011 | 33 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,550 |
| Sierra Cascade Nursery, Inc | Susanville | Nov 5, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ocegueda, Daniel G. (FLC) Five Brothers Labor Services, Inc. | Madera | Oct 30, 2011 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,200 |
| Kenesco Farms | Madera | Oct 30, 2011 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $550 |
| Trevino & Son Farm Labor | Orosi | Oct 29, 2011 | 16 violations | $480 | 7 | $3,450 |
| Boos Family Farms, LLC | Fresno | Oct 29, 2011 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,150 |
| Robert Johnson Farms | Madera | Oct 29, 2011 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Moger Racing Stable | San Mateo | Oct 27, 2011 | 15 violations | $15,776 | 14 | 0 |
| Gonzalez, Jose Alben Jr, (FLC) | Orosi | Oct 27, 2011 | 21 violations | $2,016 | 14 | $2,600 |
| Fowler Packing Company, Inc. | Fresno | Oct 27, 2011 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Family Ranch, Inc. | Reedley | Oct 27, 2011 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,350 |
| Baloian Farms Baloian Packing Company, Inc. | Fresno | Oct 27, 2011 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $700 |
| Jerry Hollendorfer Racing | Richmond | Oct 21, 2011 | 100 violations | $84,057 | 99 | 0 |
| Jorge Castro Farms | Santa Cruz | Oct 21, 2011 | 45 violations | $34,650 | 25 | $13,900 |
Largest back-wage records in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munger Bros.- Empire Ranch | 1 | $2,051,838 | 2,477 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| EWC & Associates Inc. (FLSA) | 3 | $977,177 | 82 | Apr 15, 2018 |
| New Century Farms | 2 | $772,119 | 326 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Sierra Del Tigre | 1 | $763,978 | 161 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | 9 | $644,038 | 1,237 | Sep 9, 2023 |
| Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC | 1 | $513,118 | 505 | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Corona Vineyard Management | 1 | $512,130 | 93 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| EuroAmerican Propagators | 1 | $486,903 | 35 | Jan 23, 2017 |
| Agrofarms and Grains, LLC | 1 | $429,926 | 92 | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Savino Farms Inc. | 2 | $388,419 | 253 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| The Sun Valley Group, Inc. | 3 | $365,851 | 435 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Sierra Cascade Nursery, Inc | 4 | $289,253 | 361 | Oct 23, 2015 |
| A. Oseguera Company | 6 | $252,574 | 759 | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Concord Farms | 1 | $189,296 | 23 | Jan 23, 2023 |
| Sunlife Farm, Inc | 2 | $189,101 | 91 | May 21, 2024 |
| Crowne Cold Storage, LLC (Delano) | 2 | $177,820 | 249 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Lucky Growers | 1 | $171,400 | 30 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| Moon Valley Nurseries | 2 | $159,773 | 23 | May 17, 2025 |
| Big F Company, Inc. | 2 | $157,698 | 242 | Sep 15, 2018 |
| J C Mora Trucking | 1 | $143,079 | 199 | Apr 26, 2018 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | $7,301 | 53 |
| 2025 | 34 | 32 | $412,336 | 690 |
| 2024 | 50 | 43 | $590,520 | 651 |
| 2023 | 84 | 78 | $3,211,071 | 2,264 |
| 2022 | 70 | 61 | $1,755,581 | 2,276 |
| 2021 | 88 | 77 | $1,283,018 | 2,000 |
| 2020 | 141 | 113 | $499,467 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 114 | 105 | $1,050,990 | 1,704 |
| 2018 | 121 | 99 | $1,831,899 | 1,750 |
| 2017 | 139 | 122 | $2,968,861 | 3,935 |
| 2016 | 114 | 96 | $264,072 | 1,340 |
| 2015 | 181 | 159 | $225,336 | 958 |
| 2014 | 192 | 151 | $365,916 | 1,463 |
| 2013 | 214 | 164 | $282,089 | 2,026 |
| 2012 | 214 | 151 | $496,687 | 2,664 |
| 2011 | 213 | 157 | $400,124 | 1,491 |
| 2010 | 125 | 85 | $352,017 | 703 |
| 2009 | 142 | 89 | $183,571 | 1,372 |
| 2008 | 136 | 92 | $120,412 | 1,273 |
| 2007 | 163 | 108 | $244,506 | 571 |
| 2006 | 109 | 89 | $476,276 | 1,219 |
| 2005 | 92 | 59 | $97,297 | 734 |
| 2004 | 81 | 65 | $373,474 | 762 |
Your rights in this industry
The federal file stops at $7.25 and weekly overtime. California workers in this industry are owed the state minimum wage of $16.90 in 2026 or the higher local rate, overtime after 8 hours in a day, an hour of pay for each missed meal or rest period, and up to 30 days of wages when final pay is late. Claims go to the Labor Commissioner or to Superior Court, three years back, four under the Unfair Competition Law. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases through Sep 6, 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.