Wage and hour cases in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services at a glance
California employers in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services account for 919 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 647 of which found violations (70%). Employers agreed to pay $30,510,826 in back wages to 13,355 workers, and $542,330 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 7 cases closed with $209,158 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQA, Inc. | Fremont | Sep 12, 2008 | 25 violations | $22,034 | 5 | 0 |
| Law Offices of Burg & Brock | Van Nuys | Aug 25, 2008 | 9 violations | $1,527 | 7 | 0 |
| SAIC/EAI Science Applications International Corp. | San Diego | Aug 18, 2008 | 9 violations | $2,616 | 8 | 0 |
| Effigent, Inc. | San Jose | Jul 31, 2008 | 12 violations | $195,490 | 12 | 0 |
| Pacific Institute For Research & Evaluation | San Diego | Jul 31, 2008 | 44 violations | $9,410 | 44 | 0 |
| CIT Global, Inc. | Fremont | Jul 16, 2008 | 2 violations | $9,755 | 1 | 0 |
| Scopus Consulting Group, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Jul 11, 2008 | 1 violation | $13,405 | 1 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | San Francisco | Jul 9, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Champagne Landscape Maintenance | Fresno | Jul 5, 2008 | 88 violations | $26,779 | 87 | 0 |
| Elite Landscaping, Inc. | Clovis | Jun 26, 2008 | 27 violations | $2,332 | 27 | 0 |
| Visionsoft Solutions, LLC. | Fremont | Jun 15, 2008 | 15 violations | $31,533 | 5 | 0 |
| Strategic Tax Resolutions LLC | Carlsbad | Jun 4, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering Support Personnel (ESP) | Twentynine Palms | May 14, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.T. Kearney, Inc. | San Francisco | May 4, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merrell Engineering Merrell Engineering Company, Inc. | Barstow | May 2, 2008 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Regan Group | Hawthorne | Apr 30, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preble Law Firm | Antioch | Mar 31, 2008 | 4 violations | $2,744 | 3 | 0 |
| Pallets in Motion, Inc. | Inglewood | Mar 31, 2008 | 2 violations | $175 | 1 | 0 |
| Contour AnyWear, LLC Contour AnyWear, LLC dba Contour Anywear | Alameda | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carole Tomkins Design | Sausalito | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catherine Jane Catherine Jane Mendoza dba Catherine Jane | San Francisco | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erica Tanov, Inc. | Berkeley | Mar 23, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campaigners, Inc Advantage Sales and Marketing, Inc | El Segundo | Mar 12, 2008 | 2 violations | $738 | 1 | 0 |
| Pet Hospital Pet Hospital Veterinary, Corp | Orange | Mar 8, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Exel Logistics Inc. | Oxnard | Mar 8, 2008 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latin Nation Live LLC | Los Angeles | Feb 24, 2008 | 3 violations | $515 | 2 | 0 |
| Del Mar Photonics, Inc. | San Diego | Feb 13, 2008 | 1 violation | $3,805 | 1 | 0 |
| Brilliant Software Solutions, Inc. | Fremont | Jan 27, 2008 | 3 violations | $27,017 | 3 | 0 |
| American Academy of Taste | Vallejo | Jan 19, 2008 | 11 violations | $3,240 | 10 | 0 |
| T.C.S Translations Thomas Computer Solutions, LLC | Long Beach | Jan 5, 2008 | 294 violations | $700,000 | 293 | 0 |
| HIQ Software Solutions, Inc. | Davis | Dec 31, 2007 | 10 violations | $45,901 | 6 | 0 |
| Techpoint Solutions, Inc. | Milpitas | Dec 31, 2007 | 7 violations | $35,000 | 7 | 0 |
| Infovista Technologies, Inc. | Sunnyvale | Dec 31, 2007 | 3 violations | $23,879 | 3 | 0 |
| SJI Concepts/JFN Partners | Newport Beach | Dec 15, 2007 | 2 violations | $6,757 | 1 | 0 |
| Infoyogi, LLC | Santa Clara | Nov 28, 2007 | 7 violations | $47,518 | 5 | $650 |
| Computer Payroll Company | Palm Desert | Nov 8, 2007 | 2 violations | $162 | 1 | 0 |
| West Coast Consulting LLC. | Newport Beach | Nov 7, 2007 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I G E Integrated Global Engineering & Tech Svcs Inc | Chula Vista | Oct 18, 2007 | 5 violations | $281 | 3 | 0 |
| E.I.A. Technologies Environmental Investigation and Action Inc | Corona | Oct 15, 2007 | 1 violation | $4,929 | 1 | 0 |
| Eagle RTEC, LLC | San Francisco | Sep 10, 2007 | 2 violations | $24,880 | 1 | 0 |
| Nielsen National Research Group, Inc | Los Angeles | Sep 5, 2007 | 2 violations | $3,511 | 1 | 0 |
| Digital Mapping, Inc. | Huntington Beach | Sep 4, 2007 | 8 violations | $52,747 | 3 | 0 |
| DMJM Harris, Inc. | San Francisco | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 violation | $26,148 | 1 | 0 |
| Creative Artist Agency | Los Angeles | Aug 23, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tekforce Corporation | San Ramon | Aug 13, 2007 | 2 violations | $4,302 | 1 | 0 |
| Revelry Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 11, 2007 | 24 violations | $81,478 | 23 | 0 |
| Silvaco Data Systems, Inc. | Santa Clara | Jul 27, 2007 | 15 violations | $45,510 | 13 | $6,175 |
| Ecology Control Industries, Inc. | Torrance | Jul 26, 2007 | 2 violations | $275 | 1 | 0 |
| Ntrust Infotech Private, Ltd. | Cerritos | Jul 26, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Janvisoft | Fremont | Jul 23, 2007 | 3 violations | $18,475 | 3 | 0 |
| Inspira, Inc. | San Jose | Jun 5, 2007 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Global Computer Solutions | Fremont | May 31, 2007 | 1 violation | $4,200 | 1 | 0 |
| Ultimo Software Solutions | San Jose | May 29, 2007 | 92 violations | $20,544 | 2 | 0 |
| Ace Technology, Inc. | San Jose | May 15, 2007 | 22 violations | $32,295 | 22 | $5,400 |
| Prelude Systems, Inc. | Diamond Bar | May 10, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mega Marketing | Santa Ana | May 9, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selectiva Systems, Inc. | San Jose | Apr 27, 2007 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aarrow Advertising | San Diego | Apr 18, 2007 | 2 violations | $52 | 2 | 0 |
| Bloomfield Pet Clinic | Cerritos | Apr 4, 2007 | 2 violations | $536 | 1 | 0 |
| The Schinner Law Group | San Francisco | Mar 31, 2007 | 3 violations | $90,436 | 2 | 0 |
| HD Staffing | Tustin | Mar 25, 2007 | 29 violations | $1,648 | 25 | $1,457 |
| Bridges Filter Service, Inc. | Brea | Mar 15, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Thorpe & Sons, Inc. | Richmond | Mar 7, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SRS Consulting, Inc. | Fremont | Feb 28, 2007 | 1 violation | $2,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Turf Technologies Inc. | Escondido | Feb 16, 2007 | 9 violations | $1,697 | 9 | 0 |
| Advantest America R&D Center, Inc. | Santa Clara | Feb 16, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Core Consultants Inc. | Encino | Feb 15, 2007 | 2 violations | $12,583 | 2 | 0 |
| Excellent Education Development | Santa Monica | Feb 13, 2007 | 17 violations | $6,215 | 12 | 0 |
| Philip I. Liberatore, CPA Philip L. Liberatore, CPA Professional Corp. | La Mirada | Feb 5, 2007 | 9 violations | $6,446 | 8 | 0 |
| Monterrey Publications | Huntington Beach | Feb 1, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alpine Solutions Inc. | Camarillo | Jan 29, 2007 | 9 violations | $1,223 | 8 | 0 |
| Interbase Corporation | Anaheim | Jan 22, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dr. Ron's Animal Hospital | Simi Valley | Jan 5, 2007 | 4 violations | $688 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerome Starlight Productions, LLC | Thousand Oaks | Jan 4, 2007 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brain Eye Info Tech, Inc. | Simi Valley | Jan 1, 2007 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Technicon Engineering Services, Inc | Fresno | Dec 31, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete Landscape Care, Inc. | Santa Fe Springs | Dec 19, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) | El Segundo | Nov 14, 2006 | 20 violations | $147,300 | 10 | 0 |
| Link Infosys Network | Torrance | Oct 19, 2006 | 4 violations | $76,669 | 2 | 0 |
| Applied Engineering | Milpitas | Oct 11, 2006 | 1 violation | $1,685 | 1 | 0 |
| Gatechina. com | Fremont | Oct 1, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latinos & Jackson Hewitt Latinos Immigration & Tax, Inc. | Maywood | Sep 30, 2006 | 21 violations | $29,764 | 21 | 0 |
| Serck Services, Inc. | Glendora | Sep 30, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Custom Metal Works | Santa Ana | Sep 27, 2006 | 29 violations | $19,358 | 24 | 0 |
| Titan Corporation/ISG | San Diego | Sep 22, 2006 | 19 violations | $31,799 | 11 | 0 |
| Strategic Tax Resolutions LLC | Carlsbad | Sep 16, 2006 | 39 violations | $18,565 | 37 | 0 |
| Dma Greencare Contracting inc. | Anaheim | Sep 12, 2006 | 10 violations | $33,190 | 10 | 0 |
| Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Lab | Berkeley | Jul 31, 2006 | 4 violations | $30,484 | 4 | 0 |
| Pet Hospital Pet Hospital Veterinary Corp. | Orange | Jul 2, 2006 | 20 violations | $16,480 | 20 | 0 |
| Eleven, Inc | San Francisco | Jun 30, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Infotrieve Corporate Headquarters Infotrieve Corporate Headqaurters Inc & Subs. | Los Angeles | Jun 28, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scene 7, Inc. | Novato | Jun 16, 2006 | 8 violations | $8,044 | 7 | 0 |
| Sarabia & Associates, Inc. | West Covina | Jun 14, 2006 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foodpro International, Inc. | Stockton | Jun 11, 2006 | 1 violation | $47,800 | 0 | 0 |
| Cognitim, Inc. | Redwood City | May 16, 2006 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netappl, Inc. | San Ramon | Apr 26, 2006 | 24 violations | $3,986 | 1 | 0 |
| Screen Friends Co | Culver City | Apr 25, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holland & Knight LLP | Los Angeles | Apr 24, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Cruz Benjamin De la Cruz | Huntington Beach | Apr 24, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lockheed Martin Government Services, Inc. | San Francisco | Apr 19, 2006 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-Packard | 1 | $5,232,930 | 565 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Hewlett Packard (NASA ACES Contra)/Perspecta | 1 | $1,738,122 | 90 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| Homestore, Inc. | 1 | $1,260,280 | 453 | Oct 10, 2004 |
| Wyle Laboratories / KBR | 2 | $1,116,877 | 48 | Aug 15, 2021 |
| Language Line | 2 | $967,508 | 2,428 | Apr 30, 2014 |
| General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $945,001 | 901 | Feb 27, 2015 |
| CalPak Landscape | 1 | $710,573 | 170 | Dec 22, 2021 |
| T.C.S Translations | 1 | $700,000 | 293 | Jan 5, 2008 |
| Yaana Technologies, LLC | 2 | $692,659 | 79 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| United Support Services | 1 | $611,738 | 23 | Jun 27, 2021 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 1 | $601,053 | 194 | Sep 30, 2017 |
| HP Enterprise Services | 1 | $531,966 | 57 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Dynamex (T-FORCE) | 1 | $492,500 | 401 | Feb 10, 2019 |
| R Systems, Inc. | 1 | $438,218 | 80 | May 6, 2002 |
| TriNet | 3 | $377,637 | 164 | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Raytheon Tech Svcs Co/Cubic Corporation | 1 | $370,180 | 114 | Dec 31, 2005 |
| Jass & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $359,044 | 9 | Mar 15, 2009 |
| Language Line Services | 2 | $251,034 | 635 | Jan 26, 2013 |
| Dav-Lear Systems Inc | 1 | $247,002 | 17 | Dec 31, 2016 |
| Acclaim Technician Services, Inc (ATS) | 1 | $234,311 | 177 | Jul 23, 2010 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $162,980 | 49 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | $130,440 | 20 |
| 2024 | 16 | 12 | $100,917 | 34 |
| 2023 | 16 | 12 | $61,830 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 6 | $23,218 | 32 |
| 2021 | 29 | 19 | $2,631,399 | 487 |
| 2020 | 46 | 34 | $578,458 | 244 |
| 2019 | 34 | 25 | $1,710,362 | 883 |
| 2018 | 24 | 20 | $6,045,197 | 721 |
| 2017 | 48 | 38 | $2,310,638 | 789 |
| 2016 | 35 | 20 | $2,418,900 | 524 |
| 2015 | 48 | 33 | $1,271,082 | 1,223 |
| 2014 | 34 | 23 | $1,514,262 | 2,651 |
| 2013 | 57 | 44 | $902,319 | 1,036 |
| 2012 | 89 | 49 | $1,117,747 | 919 |
| 2011 | 55 | 34 | $527,791 | 325 |
| 2010 | 73 | 55 | $1,649,504 | 541 |
| 2009 | 57 | 41 | $1,440,202 | 546 |
| 2008 | 46 | 29 | $1,416,889 | 614 |
| 2007 | 45 | 36 | $602,316 | 172 |
| 2006 | 36 | 23 | $543,679 | 268 |
| 2005 | 47 | 35 | $779,977 | 421 |
| 2004 | 37 | 31 | $1,587,463 | 633 |
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.