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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Del Tigre Farms | Santa Maria | Aug 17, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Harvesters CHI Employment Services Company | Bakersfield | Aug 16, 2022 | 304 violations | $126,613 | 147 | $26,385 |
| Freshway Farms LLC. | Santa Maria | Aug 15, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,139 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | Santa Maria | Aug 14, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $13,555 |
| Jett Harvest, Inc. | Calexico | Aug 10, 2022 | 3 violations | $9,720 | 1 | $10,624 |
| Sensient Natural Ingredients | Turlock | Aug 10, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $10,624 |
| Leyen Food | La Puente | Aug 5, 2022 | 56 violations repeat | $122,500 | 55 | $25,000 |
| Bevill Vineyard Management LLC | Healdsburg | Jul 19, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $759 |
| Dutton Ranch Corporation | Sebastopol | Jul 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,898 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | Santa Maria | Jun 30, 2022 | 245 violations | $184,693 | 240 | $431,495 |
| Renteria Vineyard Management | Napa | Jun 28, 2022 | 56 violations | $6,810 | 45 | $23,018 |
| Antonio Yanez Neri | Yuba City | Jun 25, 2022 | 14 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De La Paz, Ramiro De La Paz Farm Labor, Inc. | Stockton | Jun 11, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $6,574 |
| Ceja-Reyes, Inc. | Woodland | Jun 10, 2022 | 22 violations | $7,725 | 15 | $24,985 |
| Antonio Yanez Neri | Yuba City | Jun 10, 2022 | 24 violations | 0 | 0 | $51,938 |
| Double Lucky, Inc. | Salinas | Jun 9, 2022 | 22 violations | $10,800 | 15 | $14,517 |
| Sabor Farms | Salinas | Jun 9, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | May 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,930 |
| Next Crop | Los Banos | May 18, 2022 | 121 violations | $36,765 | 96 | $99,068 |
| Magnolia Marisol Morales Aguilar | Yuba City | May 18, 2022 | 32 violations | $5,879 | 22 | $42,049 |
| Daniella V. Orejel | Galt | May 18, 2022 | 19 violations | 0 | 0 | $6,703 |
| Pebble Ridge Vineyards Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Wine Estates, LLC | Paicines | May 18, 2022 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $66,284 |
| Ramos, Andres | Caruthers | May 7, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spring Down Equestrian Center | Portola Valley | Apr 30, 2022 | 19 violations | $51,923 | 10 | $52,308 |
| El Camino Ranch | Redlands | Apr 30, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit Harvest Family, Inc. | Sanger | Apr 22, 2022 | 13 violations | $120 | 3 | $45,400 |
| Mike Jackson Farms, Inc. | Kingsburg | Apr 22, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $2,133 |
| Payne Bros Ranches William A. Payne & Robert B. Payne Partnershi | Woodland | Apr 8, 2022 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,485 |
| Colin, Arturo Cruz Aces Farm Labor Contracting, Inc. | Madera | Apr 3, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $12,052 |
| Manuel Quezada | Orland | Mar 30, 2022 | 11 violations | $2,720 | 6 | $12,188 |
| 8-A Packing | El Centro | Mar 19, 2022 | 61 violations | $22,125 | 58 | $6,574 |
| JCD Farm Labor | Heber | Mar 19, 2022 | 33 violations | $9,375 | 25 | $16,160 |
| AGRO Pack | Calexico | Mar 19, 2022 | 35 violations | $1,740 | 29 | $12,797 |
| El Don Farm Labor Contracting | Brawley | Mar 19, 2022 | 39 violations | $1,628 | 35 | $9,860 |
| Lamco Packing Ernesto Tequida Banda | Heber | Mar 19, 2022 | 22 violations | $1,440 | 16 | $11,214 |
| Lakeside Organic Gardens | Watsonville | Mar 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,930 |
| Church Brothers | Salinas | Mar 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $6,197 |
| The Elmore Company | Brawley | Mar 19, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brothers | Brawley | Mar 19, 2022 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,382 |
| S & S Harvest | Calexico | Mar 19, 2022 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $12,599 |
| A.S.A Farms | Soledad | Mar 19, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,871 |
| Church Brothers | Salinas | Mar 19, 2022 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,722 |
| Foothill Packing | Salinas | Mar 15, 2022 | 43 violations | $2,883 | 38 | $2,847 |
| T & A Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods, Inc | Salinas | Mar 14, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willow Farms | Ventura | Mar 1, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceballos Contracting | Porterville | Feb 27, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,370 |
| A & J Contracting Godinez Anguiano, Arturo FLC | Porterville | Jan 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $11,504 |
| Sunrise Farmers FLC | Madera | Jan 19, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Jan 15, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,847 |
| Automated Harvesting, LLC | Salinas | Jan 13, 2022 | 26 violations | $6,181 | 22 | $2,278 |
| The Sun Valley Group, Inc. | Arcata | Dec 31, 2021 | 1,483 violations | $365,851 | 435 | $63,566 |
| Phillip Esnoz | Shafter | Dec 31, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedar Point Nursery | Dorris | Dec 31, 2021 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $10,408 |
| Flores, Abel Silver Farm Labor, Inc. | Atwater | Dec 31, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,524 |
| F & J Fernandez Contracting | Delano | Dec 25, 2021 | 9 violations | 0 | 0 | $18,899 |
| La Alianza, LP | Nipomo | Dec 23, 2021 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $26,251 |
| Labor Force Management | Madera | Dec 23, 2021 | 10 violations | 0 | 0 | $42,790 |
| Green Barn Heritage Farms | Livingston | Nov 30, 2021 | 19 violations | 0 | 0 | $21,954 |
| AGRO Labor Services, Inc. | Coachella | Nov 21, 2021 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $7,395 |
| Belk Farms, LLC | Coachella | Nov 21, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,643 |
| AGSER Contracting | Indio | Nov 21, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,930 |
| Centeno FLC Oscar Centeno Zavala, | Mecca | Nov 21, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esparza Enterprises, Inc. | Coachella | Nov 21, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $8,217 |
| Labor Force Management | Madera | Nov 17, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,643 |
| Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. | Santa Maria | Nov 9, 2021 | 96 violations | $94,146 | 30 | $7,863 |
| Boavista Farms | Santa Maria | Nov 9, 2021 | 87 violations | $43,297 | 28 | $5,361 |
| ProFresco, Inc. | Santa Maria | Nov 8, 2021 | 947 violations | $50,790 | 471 | $7,505 |
| Mountain View Ag Labor Services, Inc. | Orosi | Nov 8, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cadena Ag Solutions, Inc. | Lodi | Nov 8, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,930 |
| Noble Vineyard Mgt., Inc. | Ukiah | Nov 1, 2021 | 243 violations | $92,317 | 148 | $88,707 |
| Mountain Avenue Bees, Inc. | Rancho Cucamonga | Oct 31, 2021 | 26 violations | $50,806 | 19 | $48,131 |
| FRANCISCO RIOS AYALA DBA ORLANDO'S LANDSCAPIN | Napa | Oct 27, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,547 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | Santa Maria | Oct 10, 2021 | 548 violations | $373,606 | 409 | $360,359 |
| Mulholland Citrus | Orange Cove | Oct 3, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,643 |
| Cisneros, Laura Alejandra | Cutler | Oct 3, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $10,682 |
| All About Ag | Santa Maria | Sep 27, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MALDONADO VINEYARDS | Saint Helena | Sep 26, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,290 |
| Mixtepec Farming | Santa Maria | Sep 23, 2021 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | $7,505 |
| Colin's Labor Contractor Inc. | Madera | Sep 1, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chevalier Vineyard Management | Ukiah | Aug 26, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,837 |
| SARC, Inc. | Nipomo | Aug 18, 2021 | 132 violations | $34,997 | 42 | $13,160 |
| NuVine Ag Services, Inc. | Selma | Aug 16, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $19,721 |
| Cal-South Harvesting | Santa Maria | Aug 2, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,574 |
| Wonderful Bees LLC | Shafter | Jul 18, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,038 |
| Mac Ag | Santa Maria | Jul 15, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $5,361 |
| Crisalida Berry Farms | Oxnard | Jul 3, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresh Harvest, Inc. | Heber | Jun 14, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rico, Eduardo Luis | Galt | Jun 14, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chasin Goat Grazing | Santa Rosa | Jun 10, 2021 | 8 violations | $5,114 | 5 | $8,578 |
| AR & SONS AG, INC. | Lodi | Jun 7, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $2,739 |
| Sorrento Berry Farms/ Rincon Fresh | Camarillo | May 30, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colio Farm Labor, Inc. | Woodlake | May 20, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,370 |
| JL ZAVALA FARM LABOR | Porterville | May 8, 2021 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,742 |
| Manzano's Harvesting, Inc. | El Centro | May 5, 2021 | 39 violations | $47,644 | 33 | $19,948 |
| Mike Abatti Farms, LLC | El Centro | May 5, 2021 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,611 |
| GarciaCo Farming | Arvin | Apr 30, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,109 |
| Valley Ag. Inc. | Bakersfield | Apr 27, 2021 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | $19,600 |
| JUDITH JUANA MARTINEZ-REYES DBA: J. MARTINEZ | Stockton | Apr 19, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Custom Harvesting Company | Salinas | Apr 13, 2021 | 51 violations | $4,570 | 48 | $38,242 |
| Lopez Figueroa FLC | Stockton | Apr 11, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $8,769 |
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.