Wage and hour cases in Educational Services at a glance
California employers in Educational Services account for 219 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 152 of which found violations (69%). Employers agreed to pay $3,239,332 in back wages to 1,195 workers, and $178,041 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 1 cases closed with $22,124 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skies the Limit Academy | Beale Afb | Jan 31, 2026 | 3 violations | $22,124 | 1 | 0 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz The Regents of the University of California | Santa Cruz | Jul 2, 2025 | 2 violations | $1,400 | 1 | 0 |
| California State University Long Beach | Long Beach | May 13, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oceanside Unified School District | Oceanside | May 5, 2025 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ICOHS College | San Diego | Mar 31, 2025 | 4 violations repeat | $70,213 | 1 | $855 |
| Esalen Institute | Big Sur | Mar 17, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of CA Office of the Presidency | Oakland | Feb 26, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier College Prep Xavier College Prepatory High School | Palm Desert | Dec 19, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moreno Valley Unified School District | Moreno Valley | Dec 11, 2024 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orange Unified School District | Orange | Nov 17, 2024 | 58 violations repeat | $81,071 | 58 | $1,006 |
| University of California Merced | Merced | May 29, 2024 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Modesto City School District Modesto City Unified School District | Modesto | May 23, 2024 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UC Davis Medical Center University of California, Davis-Health System | Sacramento | Apr 26, 2024 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of California San Francisco Heath | San Francisco | Apr 25, 2024 | 3 violations | $16,422 | 1 | 0 |
| American Arts Film & Television Academy | North Hollywood | Apr 2, 2024 | 1 violation | $2,673 | 1 | 0 |
| Garden Grove Unified School District | Garden Grove | Mar 25, 2024 | 5 violations repeat | $2,447 | 4 | $1,257 |
| Mission Hills School Castro Valley | Castro Valley | Dec 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| College Track | Los Angeles | Oct 31, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claremont Unified School District | Claremont | Apr 28, 2023 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford University- Law School Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr U | Stanford | Jan 6, 2023 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco | Sep 28, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Academi Training Center - San Diego, CA | San Diego | Jan 29, 2022 | 13 violations repeat | $55,656 | 12 | $7,930 |
| Academi Training Center - San Diego, CA | San Diego | Jan 26, 2022 | 53 violations | $41,107 | 25 | 0 |
| EMT Associates Evaluation Management and Training Inc. | Folsom | Jan 3, 2022 | 6 violations repeat | $2,593 | 5 | $770 |
| Harley Brown Equestrian Inc | Portola Valley | Jul 31, 2021 | 6 violations | $3,630 | 6 | 0 |
| Desert Sands Unified School District | La Quinta | Jun 16, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCATS Gymnastics Southern California ACRO Team, Inc. | Huntington Beach | May 7, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Windy Hill Equestrians | Los Altos | Mar 1, 2021 | 19 violations repeat | $14,309 | 7 | $11,963 |
| Blue Print Test Preparation | Los Angeles | Feb 21, 2021 | 12 violations repeat | $14,830 | 11 | $7,755 |
| Sylvan Learning Center | Salinas | Feb 19, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round Meadow Farm LLC | Atherton | Dec 31, 2020 | 9 violations repeat | $39,725 | 4 | $9,704 |
| Osbaldo Jauregui Racing Stables | Castro Valley | Dec 31, 2020 | 1 violation | $1,200 | 1 | 0 |
| Ellen Jackson Public Trainer | Vacaville | Dec 21, 2020 | 4 violations | $2,027 | 4 | 0 |
| Harley Brown Equestrian Inc | Portola Valley | Dec 2, 2020 | 15 violations | $36,717 | 14 | 0 |
| Mountain View Middle School | Beaumont | Nov 13, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Millennium Farm Inc. | Portola Valley | Nov 6, 2020 | 5 violations | $6,784 | 5 | 0 |
| Horizon Charter Schools | Lincoln | Sep 30, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucia Mar Unified School District Lopez High | Arroyo Grande | Sep 30, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Unity Council | Oakland | Sep 25, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,851 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceres High School Ceres Unified School District | Ceres | Sep 22, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearts and Hands Christian Preschool | San Jose | Jun 25, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,175 | 1 | 0 |
| UEI College United Education Institute | Irvine | Jun 2, 2020 | 10 violations | $19,258 | 9 | 0 |
| Breakwell Stables LTD | Atherton | Feb 11, 2020 | 16 violations repeat | $35,246 | 6 | $16,783 |
| Charlebois Farms | Portola Valley | Nov 25, 2019 | 14 violations | $32,491 | 13 | 0 |
| California Northstate University | Rancho Cordova | Nov 9, 2019 | 3 violations | $8,023 | 2 | 0 |
| JP Training JP Training Training Stables LLC | Menlo Park | Oct 14, 2019 | 1 violation | $1,859 | 1 | $1,859 |
| LANGUAGE SYSTEMS INT. COLLEGES OF ENGLISH | Torrance | Jun 16, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Windsor Unified School District | Windsor | Apr 30, 2019 | 7 violations | $1,152 | 7 | 0 |
| International Education Management International Education Management Group, Inc | San Diego | Apr 22, 2019 | 1 violation | $6,696 | 1 | 0 |
| Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad | Los Angeles | Mar 19, 2019 | 9 violations | $1,217 | 9 | 0 |
| Assurance Learning Academy Antelope Valley Learning Academy, Inc. | Long Beach | Dec 20, 2018 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anneliese Schools Anneliese's Schools, Inc. | Laguna Beach | Dec 20, 2018 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gino Morena Enterprises, LLC | South San Francisco | Sep 9, 2018 | 19 violations | $77,938 | 17 | 0 |
| California Southern University | Costa Mesa | May 27, 2018 | 58 violations | $33,148 | 57 | 0 |
| Indeed Education | San Gabriel | May 3, 2018 | 3 violations | $1,627 | 1 | 0 |
| Pace Solano | Vacaville | Apr 9, 2018 | 21 violations | $2 | 21 | 0 |
| Palo Verde Unified School Palo Verde Unfied School District | Blythe | Apr 4, 2018 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooksey's Lifeguard and Swim | Northridge | Dec 6, 2017 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Connections to Employment | Seaside | Nov 22, 2017 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenwood Hall | Los Angeles | Oct 1, 2017 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foundation for Early Childhood Education | El Monte | Sep 9, 2017 | 4 violations | $1,751 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Harold and Associates, LLC | Lemoore | Aug 12, 2017 | 19 violations | $87,027 | 10 | 0 |
| LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Berkeley | Aug 1, 2017 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silicon Valley University | San Jose | Jul 31, 2017 | 5 violations | $6,376 | 1 | 0 |
| Pasadena City College Pasadena Area Community College District | Pasadena | May 23, 2017 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shepherd University | Los Angeles | May 22, 2017 | 34 violations | $68,553 | 33 | 0 |
| Xamaze Tutoring Education Advantage, LLC | La Verne | Mar 31, 2017 | 5 violations | $833 | 4 | 0 |
| A Precision Driving and Traffic School | San Ramon | Mar 31, 2017 | 2 violations | $795 | 1 | 0 |
| S. CA Laborers Training School & Appshp | Azusa | Mar 27, 2017 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koguma Youchien, Inc. | Lomita | Feb 25, 2017 | 11 violations | $88,908 | 3 | 0 |
| University of California | Oakland | Dec 31, 2016 | 13,715 violations | $746,746 | 0 | 0 |
| Music and Smart | Newport Beach | Dec 16, 2016 | 2 violations | $4,600 | 1 | 0 |
| Whittier Christian Schools Calvary Baptist Church of Whittier | Whittier | Jul 15, 2016 | 48 violations | $161,853 | 43 | 0 |
| Maybrook Christian School Calvary Baptist Church of Whittier | Whittier | Jul 15, 2016 | 45 violations | $142,284 | 42 | 0 |
| St. Andrews Christian School | Whittier | Jul 15, 2016 | 32 violations | $37,621 | 31 | 0 |
| Educational Resource Development Trust | Santa Monica | Mar 15, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Mar Junior Lifeguards | Del Mar | Dec 16, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | Jun 30, 2015 | 144 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Joseph's School of Nursing | Lancaster | Jun 15, 2015 | 4 violations | $60 | 1 | 0 |
| City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | May 10, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandbox Computers for Kids, Inc | Thousand Oaks | May 8, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shepherd University | Los Angeles | Jan 13, 2015 | 24 violations | $14,396 | 20 | 0 |
| International Education Corporation | Irvine | Dec 19, 2014 | 4 violations repeat | $1,209 | 3 | $660 |
| The San Diego Padres | San Diego | Dec 3, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Global Training and Logistics | Petaluma | Nov 24, 2014 | 1 violation | $20,566 | 1 | 0 |
| UCLA Medical Ctr Info Services & Solutions | Los Angeles | Sep 6, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivet University | San Francisco | May 26, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sixth Street Prep School Victor Elementary School District | Victorville | Apr 14, 2014 | 2 violations | $124 | 1 | 0 |
| Tutor Time Child Care Learning Center | Rancho Cucamonga | Apr 9, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco State University (SFSU) | San Francisco | Mar 27, 2014 | 21 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of California, Office of President | Oakland | Mar 3, 2014 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juniper Networks Juniper Networks US., INC | Sunnyvale | Feb 1, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivy Academia K Alternative Schools, Inc. | Canoga Park | Jan 31, 2014 | 2 violations | $7,756 | 1 | 0 |
| Oakland Raiders | Alameda | Jan 24, 2014 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diversity Abroad | Berkeley | Jan 9, 2014 | 11 violations | $19,614 | 6 | 0 |
| Five Branches University | San Jose | Dec 30, 2013 | 240 violations | $60,543 | 9 | 0 |
| Career Colleges of America - Los Angeles | South Gate | Dec 22, 2013 | 34 violations | $27,098 | 26 | 0 |
| Career College of America - San Bernardino | San Bernardino | Dec 22, 2013 | 15 violations | $11,962 | 12 | 0 |
| Career Colleges of America - Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Dec 22, 2013 | 12 violations | $9,815 | 11 | 0 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley | Dec 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Educational Services
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California | 1 | $746,746 | 0 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| Lockeed Martin Global Training and Logistics | 1 | $209,685 | 19 | Oct 1, 2012 |
| New Designs Charter School | 1 | $194,318 | 12 | Jul 31, 2008 |
| Landmark Education | 2 | $187,569 | 45 | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Whittier Christian Schools | 1 | $161,853 | 43 | Jul 15, 2016 |
| Maybrook Christian School | 1 | $142,284 | 42 | Jul 15, 2016 |
| Carney Educational Services | 1 | $123,893 | 270 | Apr 9, 2012 |
| Academi Training Center - San Diego, CA | 2 | $96,763 | 37 | Jan 29, 2022 |
| Koguma Youchien, Inc. | 1 | $88,908 | 3 | Feb 25, 2017 |
| A. Harold and Associates, LLC | 1 | $87,027 | 10 | Aug 12, 2017 |
| Shepherd University | 2 | $82,949 | 53 | May 22, 2017 |
| Orange Unified School District | 1 | $81,071 | 58 | Nov 17, 2024 |
| UEI College | 2 | $80,031 | 35 | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Gino Morena Enterprises, LLC | 1 | $77,938 | 17 | Sep 9, 2018 |
| ICOHS College | 1 | $70,213 | 1 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Five Branches University | 1 | $60,543 | 9 | Dec 30, 2013 |
| Hubbard College of Administration Intl. | 1 | $43,661 | 3 | Jun 30, 2008 |
| Harley Brown Equestrian Inc | 2 | $40,347 | 20 | Jul 31, 2021 |
| Round Meadow Farm LLC | 1 | $39,725 | 4 | Dec 31, 2020 |
| St. Andrews Christian School | 1 | $37,621 | 31 | Jul 15, 2016 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $22,124 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | $71,613 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | $102,613 | 64 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | $99,356 | 42 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 | $32,769 | 24 |
| 2020 | 13 | 10 | $143,983 | 45 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | $51,438 | 33 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | $112,715 | 96 |
| 2017 | 13 | 10 | $254,243 | 53 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | $1,093,104 | 117 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 | $14,456 | 21 |
| 2014 | 13 | 7 | $49,269 | 12 |
| 2013 | 19 | 11 | $194,666 | 103 |
| 2012 | 16 | 10 | $371,881 | 367 |
| 2011 | 12 | 7 | $41,639 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 | $11,883 | 14 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | $15,503 | 3 |
| 2008 | 15 | 9 | $244,434 | 29 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 | $18,502 | 31 |
| 2006 | 9 | 5 | $42,146 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9 | $36,221 | 32 |
| 2004 | 15 | 10 | $208,641 | 87 |
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.