Wage and hour cases in Construction at a glance
California employers in Construction account for 2,663 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 1,762 of which found violations (66%). Employers agreed to pay $57,010,780 in back wages to 41,012 workers, and $3,816,270 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 11 cases closed with $938,160 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beamish Waterproofing, Inc. | Anaheim | Sep 5, 2010 | 151 violations | $163,696 | 150 | 0 |
| Lahaye Construction Inc Lahaye Construction Incorporated | Ramona | Aug 31, 2010 | 4 violations | $2,847 | 3 | 0 |
| North American Concrete | Riverside | Aug 31, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salas Concrete Inc. | Clovis | Aug 28, 2010 | 2 violations | $262 | 2 | 0 |
| Medina Construction Bens' Asphalt and Maintenance, Inc | Riverside | Aug 24, 2010 | 13 violations | $14,112 | 12 | 0 |
| Plaster Equipment Service | Norco | Aug 24, 2010 | 4 violations | $2,825 | 3 | 0 |
| J H Thompson & Sons Inc | Bermuda Dunes | Aug 24, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calidad Industries, Inc. | Oakland | Aug 23, 2010 | 31 violations | $38,811 | 15 | 0 |
| HHS Communications, Inc. | Ontario | Aug 23, 2010 | 47 violations | $9,135 | 46 | 0 |
| Nations Roof of Calif Nations Roof of California, LLC | San Diego | Aug 22, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Railroad Salvage, Inc | Rialto | Aug 21, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kleen Play Play Ground Construction | Chino | Aug 20, 2010 | 12 violations | $8,912 | 11 | 0 |
| R & R Framing, Inc. | Rancho Cordova | Aug 20, 2010 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GSI Gulbranson Services, Inc | Oro Grande | Aug 19, 2010 | 5 violations | $9,900 | 4 | 0 |
| Clifton Drywall Oaktown Construction, Inc. | Oakland | Aug 19, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Concrete, Inc. | Elverta | Aug 15, 2010 | 5 violations | $16,055 | 1 | 0 |
| TekWorks, Inc. | Poway | Aug 15, 2010 | 19 violations | $4,806 | 19 | 0 |
| Flores Sierra Contractors, Inc. | Chula Vista | Aug 14, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pro Tech Insulation, Inc | Oceanside | Aug 13, 2010 | 4 violations | $288 | 3 | 0 |
| FTSI Federal Technology Solutions, Inc. | Moreno Valley | Aug 12, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C R Drywall C R S Drywall, Inc. | San Jose | Aug 12, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Conductor Construction | Cypress | Aug 10, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott's Painting Home Improvement | Winchester | Aug 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG & J Demolition | Fullerton | Aug 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Now | Morgan Hill | Aug 5, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Construction Group | Clovis | Aug 3, 2010 | 20 violations | $87,627 | 8 | 0 |
| B.L. Hall, Inc. | Monrovia | Aug 2, 2010 | 11 violations | $1,717 | 7 | 0 |
| Smith, Randlett, Foulk, & Stock | Redwood City | Aug 2, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Advance Equipment Rental , Inc | El Cajon | Jul 31, 2010 | 7 violations | $8,007 | 7 | 0 |
| Pacific Backhoe Inc. | Winchester | Jul 28, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PARC Specialty Contractors | Sacramento | Jul 22, 2010 | 2 violations | $77 | 1 | 0 |
| Marty Skoff Trucking | Petaluma | Jul 21, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Coast Drilling, Inc. | Hercules | Jul 21, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Castle Concrete Pumping, Inc | Santa Rosa | Jul 20, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.F. Perez Construction, Inc. | Anaheim | Jul 19, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Summit Signal, Inc. | Willits | Jul 19, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ACME Made In America | Sun Valley | Jul 18, 2010 | 26 violations | $25,800 | 23 | 0 |
| Integrity Builders West, Inc | Mission Viejo | Jul 18, 2010 | 42 violations | $19,374 | 41 | 0 |
| Petersen-Dean Inc | Seaside | Jul 18, 2010 | 18 violations repeat | $4,772 | 18 | $660 |
| MJW Associates Inc | Riverside | Jul 18, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial Railways Company | Pinole | Jul 17, 2010 | 31 violations | $2,856 | 22 | 0 |
| Traffic Management, Inc. | San Leandro | Jul 17, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Railway Signal Construction, Inc. | Sacramento | Jul 17, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Coast Steel | San Diego | Jul 16, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Striping United Striping 101, Inc. | Penngrove | Jul 15, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napa Electric Napa Electric Shop, Inc. | Napa | Jul 15, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MC Dixon, Inc. | Middletown | Jul 15, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JK Plumbing, Inc. | American Canyon | Jul 14, 2010 | 9 violations | $15,166 | 8 | 0 |
| Burney Trucking Berryessa Materials, Inc | Napa | Jul 14, 2010 | 11 violations | $2,390 | 3 | 0 |
| Jose Arambula | Sunland | Jul 14, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. D. Nielson Construction | Napa | Jul 14, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Miller Trucking | Santa Rosa | Jul 13, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Coast Drilling Company | Santa Rosa | Jul 13, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan's Water Well & Pump Svc | Livermore | Jul 9, 2010 | 4 violations | $909 | 3 | 0 |
| Kiewit Pacific Co. | Concord | Jul 9, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vickers Concrete Sawing, Inc. | San Jose | Jul 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gorilla Tree Service | Napa | Jul 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Coast Cutters | Petaluma | Jul 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahlborn Steel Ahlborn Structural Steel, Inc. | Santa Rosa | Jul 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Bay Construction Inc. | Petaluma | Jul 7, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DH Construction Dopps Construction, Inc. | San Dimas | Jul 4, 2010 | 24 violations | $40,614 | 20 | 0 |
| Coastline Water Resources, Inc. | Sacramento | Jul 3, 2010 | 4 violations | $4,878 | 4 | 0 |
| Commercial Power Sweep, Inc. | Napa | Jul 3, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N R Construction | South San Francisco | Jul 1, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Select Painting | Simi Valley | Jul 1, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valco Construction Philip Johnson Construction, Inc | Corona | Jun 30, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patriot Construction License No. 90535 | Stockton | Jun 28, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eshone Energy | Santa Clara | Jun 23, 2010 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tolly Electric | Huntington Beach | Jun 20, 2010 | 9 violations | $30,000 | 4 | 0 |
| Empire Contracting Roof Service | Upland | Jun 20, 2010 | 6 violations | $2,208 | 3 | 0 |
| Demakas Plumbing & Heating, Inc | San Francisco | Jun 20, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry Creek Lath & Plaster, Inc. | Galt | Jun 19, 2010 | 41 violations | $30,560 | 33 | 0 |
| Teleby Design | Corona Del Mar | Jun 19, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Universal Building Services Supply Co. | Richmond | Jun 19, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Paving Contractors, Inc. | Irwindale | Jun 15, 2010 | 7 violations | $70,783 | 6 | 0 |
| Frontier Fence Company | Sacramento | Jun 15, 2010 | 19 violations repeat | 0 | 0 | $4,208 |
| Freeman Lathe and Plaster | Lancaster | Jun 14, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DOMOS Italia DOMUSTYLE ITALIA Inc/aka DOMUSTYLE, Inc. | Mill Valley | Jun 11, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malott Metal Systems, Inc. | Palmdale | Jun 10, 2010 | 14 violations | $32,819 | 3 | 0 |
| Vanguard Construction, Inc. | Arroyo Grande | Jun 10, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta Grinding Delta Grinding Company, Inc. | Antioch | Jun 9, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fine Line Painting, Inc. Ditmars Fine Line Painting, Inc. | Watsonville | Jun 8, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MCB Framers, Inc. | El Dorado Hills | Jun 2, 2010 | 3 violations | $86 | 1 | 0 |
| Hill Trucking & Backhoe Service | Napa | May 31, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan's Truck Service Alan's Truck & Equipment Rental | Napa | May 29, 2010 | 2 violations | $187 | 1 | 0 |
| Daley's Drywall and Taping, Inc. | Campbell | May 28, 2010 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balfour Beatty Construction Balfour Beatty Capital Group, Inc. | Travis Afb | May 24, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solo Steel Erectors | Chico | May 20, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jensen Corporation Landscape Contractors | San Jose | May 19, 2010 | 29 violations | $47,126 | 13 | 0 |
| DMC Engineering Inc. | Long Beach | May 14, 2010 | 15 violations | $11,082 | 9 | 0 |
| Benchmark Roofing | Upland | May 12, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catalina Structures | Fontana | May 10, 2010 | 5 violations | $412 | 2 | 0 |
| Catalina Structures | Fontana | May 10, 2010 | 20 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A Construction | Santa Rosa | May 8, 2010 | 21 violations | $54,613 | 7 | 0 |
| DF Rios Construction | Fremont | May 3, 2010 | 5 violations | $7,066 | 5 | 0 |
| Sully's Precision Grading LLC | Norco | May 3, 2010 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harper Grading LLC - DFAC | San Diego | May 2, 2010 | 9 violations | $2,071 | 6 | 0 |
| Manzoni Trucking & Excavating, Inc. | Sonoma | May 1, 2010 | 7 violations | $738 | 3 | 0 |
| Marble & Tile Works | San Francisco | May 1, 2010 | 2 violations | $290 | 1 | 0 |
| Production Plus Plumbing | Camarillo | Apr 30, 2010 | 28 violations | $37,117 | 28 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Construction
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Roofing and Solar | 2 | $1,272,622 | 893 | May 5, 2026 |
| California Professional Engineering | 1 | $1,085,552 | 94 | Aug 21, 2020 |
| Northern California Nail Company | 1 | $962,220 | 156 | Aug 5, 2023 |
| Executive Plumbing, Heating and Air | 1 | $900,000 | 1,035 | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Bara Infoware & Federal Solutions Group | 1 | $889,134 | 87 | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Ecotality Inc | 2 | $854,242 | 88 | Jan 28, 2013 |
| Future Plastering, Inc. | 2 | $771,582 | 277 | Aug 7, 2020 |
| Arizona Pipeline | 1 | $749,862 | 740 | Nov 23, 2009 |
| Lowery-Pena Construction Company | 3 | $634,527 | 74 | Apr 16, 2023 |
| Arbon Equipment | 1 | $633,207 | 422 | Dec 20, 2014 |
| Garris Plastering | 4 | $627,294 | 2,549 | Aug 3, 2007 |
| Saddleback Roofing | 1 | $616,652 | 341 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| JEM | 2 | $529,187 | 145 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Salazar Construction | 1 | $495,809 | 261 | Sep 5, 2007 |
| West Coast Drywall & Paint | 5 | $482,018 | 1,171 | Mar 28, 2019 |
| Bara Infoware, Inc. | 7 | $460,333 | 21 | Jul 15, 2014 |
| CES (Advanced Technology Construction Corp) | 9 | $460,151 | 237 | Aug 2, 2025 |
| Model Citizens | 1 | $458,976 | 16 | Dec 22, 2021 |
| Harold E. Nutter & Son, Inc. (AFRC Vancouver) | 6 | $436,054 | 87 | Sep 1, 2011 |
| Performance Drywall | 1 | $430,304 | 568 | Jan 20, 2021 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | $486,999 | 580 |
| 2025 | 24 | 20 | $745,952 | 477 |
| 2024 | 30 | 25 | $796,164 | 291 |
| 2023 | 99 | 71 | $3,436,510 | 1,769 |
| 2022 | 91 | 64 | $1,934,274 | 1,212 |
| 2021 | 88 | 65 | $2,596,166 | 1,543 |
| 2020 | 141 | 100 | $4,805,338 | 1,954 |
| 2019 | 116 | 90 | $1,650,203 | 1,088 |
| 2018 | 74 | 49 | $1,915,507 | 1,470 |
| 2017 | 68 | 56 | $2,581,720 | 690 |
| 2016 | 66 | 45 | $1,380,557 | 800 |
| 2015 | 123 | 87 | $3,188,092 | 2,929 |
| 2014 | 152 | 89 | $3,516,369 | 2,487 |
| 2013 | 146 | 100 | $3,848,263 | 1,689 |
| 2012 | 207 | 118 | $1,848,810 | 1,328 |
| 2011 | 215 | 131 | $3,445,239 | 1,452 |
| 2010 | 208 | 124 | $2,522,622 | 1,739 |
| 2009 | 114 | 71 | $2,919,339 | 2,524 |
| 2008 | 110 | 62 | $1,849,258 | 1,697 |
| 2007 | 120 | 73 | $2,846,509 | 4,308 |
| 2006 | 137 | 100 | $2,518,966 | 2,669 |
| 2005 | 186 | 114 | $2,846,664 | 3,793 |
| 2004 | 80 | 55 | $1,552,513 | 1,410 |
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.