Wage and hour cases in Wholesale Trade at a glance
California employers in Wholesale Trade account for 957 concluded Wage and Hour Division investigations since 2004, 729 of which found violations (76%). Employers agreed to pay $7,860,124 in back wages to 5,451 workers, and $345,414 in civil money penalties was assessed. In the last 12 months 1 cases closed with $12,293 in back wages.
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USMILCOM | Santa Ana | Feb 24, 2026 | 4 violations | $12,293 | 1 | 0 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Red Bluff | Aug 11, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters | Sacramento | Jul 31, 2025 | 48 violations | $24,181 | 48 | $5,760 |
| AHP Apparel | South El Monte | May 20, 2025 | 4 violations | $5,800 | 3 | 0 |
| Mountain Hardware | Wrightwood | Mar 10, 2025 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $64,401 |
| Factory Motor Parts Elliot Auto Supply Co., Inc. | Fontana | Jan 27, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darling Ingredients | Los Angeles | Dec 10, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berberian Nut Company | Chico | Oct 30, 2024 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,689 |
| Booster Fuels | Richmond | Sep 26, 2024 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Golden River, LLC. | San Jose | May 31, 2024 | 15 violations repeat | $10,019 | 14 | $8,978 |
| La Flor De Mexico | Baldwin Park | May 29, 2024 | 116 violations | $66,254 | 72 | 0 |
| Republic National Distributing Company | Benicia | May 29, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J & B Materials | Sacramento | May 10, 2024 | 2 violations | $1,635 | 1 | 0 |
| Darling Ingredients | Los Angeles | Apr 19, 2024 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chunwei Inc | Ontario | Apr 15, 2024 | 1 violation | $9,096 | 1 | 0 |
| Seafood City Supermarket | Pomona | Apr 13, 2024 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bestseller Logistics Inc | Ontario | Nov 29, 2023 | 15 violations repeat | $24,352 | 13 | $4,800 |
| Aliser Import Export | San Diego | Oct 7, 2023 | 30 violations | $95,035 | 30 | $15,488 |
| Fortune Ave Foods Fortune Avenue Foods Inc. | Ontario | Sep 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rancho Foods Inc. | Los Angeles | Sep 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sterling Pacific Meat Company | Los Angeles | Sep 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leyen Food | La Puente | Sep 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Poultry Co. | Los Angeles | Sep 28, 2023 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unistar Unistar Foods Inc. | Pomona | Sep 26, 2023 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martinez Recycling | Lancaster | Aug 31, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Poultry Co. | Los Angeles | May 2, 2023 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Craft Beer | Fremont | Mar 22, 2023 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresh Harvest, Inc. | Heber | Mar 9, 2023 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,090 |
| Sysco Sysco Riverside inc. | March Air Reserve Base | Feb 10, 2023 | 1 violation | $3,517 | 1 | 0 |
| Limoneira Company | Santa Paula | Jan 31, 2023 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $2,066 |
| The Save Mart Companies | Fresno | Jan 25, 2023 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donna Rico and Linda Suarez | Pala | Dec 14, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SongS Farms | Fallbrook | Dec 14, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agua Tibia Ranch LLC | Pala | Dec 13, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. | Rialto | Dec 9, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LKQ Pick Your Part Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking | Chula Vista | Nov 22, 2022 | 85 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunset Recycling | Indio | Oct 23, 2022 | 4 violations repeat | $9,891 | 2 | $1,330 |
| WET | Sun Valley | Oct 2, 2022 | 206 violations | $645,828 | 156 | 0 |
| Dulcinea Farms Pacific Trellis Fruit, LLC | Los Angeles | Jul 15, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $8,853 |
| Pepe's Foods | Hayward | Jun 1, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fashion One, Inc | Los Angeles | May 15, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rouge Territory, LLC | South Pasadena | May 8, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thompson Building Material | Sacramento | Apr 18, 2022 | 4 violations | $13,020 | 1 | 0 |
| First Aid Regional United Safety Services Inc. | San Dimas | Apr 18, 2022 | 3 violations | $5,738 | 1 | 0 |
| Sunterra Sunterra Produce Traders, Inc | Costa Mesa | Mar 19, 2022 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $7,395 |
| Bro-Quali Bro-Quali Haravest Inc. | Guadalupe | Mar 19, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,828 |
| Dolls Kill | Richmond | Mar 18, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super Store Industries | Lathrop | Feb 10, 2022 | 2 violations | $178 | 1 | 0 |
| Cocojojo LLC | Santa Ana | Dec 10, 2021 | 9 violations | $1,001 | 8 | 0 |
| Prima Wawona and Gerawan Farming Partners LLC | Fresno | Dec 6, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solento | Encinitas | Sep 15, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman's Nursery, Inc. | Linden | Aug 4, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amazon Amazon.com Services, LLC. | Tracy | Aug 3, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marathon Los Angeles Refinery - Wilmington | Wilmington | Jul 16, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melon Apparel, Inc | Los Angeles | Jun 8, 2021 | 17 violations repeat | $70,087 | 15 | $6,536 |
| Michaels Arts and Crafts Store | Downey | May 18, 2021 | 1 violation | $240 | 1 | 0 |
| UNFI United Natural Foods, Inc. | Santa Fe Springs | May 13, 2021 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleansweep Services | Saratoga | Apr 24, 2021 | 1 violation repeat | $1,510 | 1 | 0 |
| Belita Collection | Los Angeles | Mar 21, 2021 | 2 violations | $1,181 | 1 | 0 |
| La Bodega Meat Market La Bodega Meat and Produce, Inc. | Lancaster | Mar 1, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Construction Rentals | Mission Hills | Feb 27, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Folsom Ready Mi Folsom Ready Mix, Inc. | Rancho Cordova | Feb 24, 2021 | 1 violation | $704 | 1 | 0 |
| La Casa Del Aguacate, LLC | Thousand Oaks | Feb 19, 2021 | 6 violations | $3,572 | 5 | 0 |
| Sakata Seed America | Morgan Hill | Feb 17, 2021 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,063 |
| CSS Distributions | North Hollywood | Feb 14, 2021 | 45 violations | $90,112 | 33 | 0 |
| California, State of California Department of Motor Vehicles | Sacramento | Feb 12, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris National Inc. | Azusa | Jan 23, 2021 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I Recycle | Oroville | Jan 2, 2021 | 3 violations repeat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Meat Company | Los Angeles | Dec 31, 2020 | 3 violations | $3,080 | 3 | 0 |
| Apparel Line Apparel Line U.S.A. Inc. | Los Angeles | Dec 31, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Too Good Gourmet | San Lorenzo | Dec 28, 2020 | 1 violation | $1,200 | 1 | 0 |
| UNFI United Natural Food, Incorporated | Stockton | Nov 24, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosito Bisani Import Rosito Bisani Imports, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 20, 2020 | 1 violation | $1,360 | 1 | 0 |
| Five Crowns Marketing | Brawley | Nov 10, 2020 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,579 |
| Village Nurseries | San Diego | Oct 20, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARCO Attisha Enterprise, Inc. | San Diego | Oct 20, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Furniture Industries United Furniture Industries CA, Inc | Victorville | Oct 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vadeto Group MTA Moving Technologies in America | San Diego | Oct 1, 2020 | 5 violations | $12,226 | 4 | 0 |
| JYC Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 22, 2020 | 11 violations | $25,793 | 10 | 0 |
| Cornerstone Packing Cornerstone Packing & Cooling | Kingsburg | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsburg Orchards | Kingsburg | Aug 19, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A&H Forklift, Inc. | Santa Fe Springs | Jul 31, 2020 | 3 violations | $7,298 | 2 | 0 |
| Pauley Equipment Company | Escondido | Jul 22, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dayanara's Recycling Center | Corcoran | Jun 16, 2020 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nature's Wild Organic | Irvine | Jun 12, 2020 | 9 violations | $40,000 | 8 | 0 |
| AZS Dependable, Inc. | Visalia | May 17, 2020 | 3 violations | $5,415 | 2 | 0 |
| LA Designers Clothing | Los Angeles | Mar 2, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adara Clothing, Inc. | Los Angeles | Mar 2, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toska, Inc. | Los Angeles | Mar 2, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pure Vinyl Windows & Doors Claudia Martinez Arnoldo Martinez | Garden Grove | Feb 19, 2020 | 2 violations | $1,980 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Vineyards, Inc. | Coachella | Feb 12, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Win Woo Trading Corporation | West Sacramento | Jan 30, 2020 | 6 violations | $1,106 | 5 | 0 |
| ISP TRANSPORT INC | Sacramento | Jan 27, 2020 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A & A Supermarket | Sacramento | Jan 17, 2020 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KT Corp. | Walnut | Jan 10, 2020 | 20 violations repeat | $19,035 | 19 | $13,946 |
| Bolt USA | South El Monte | Dec 26, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prime Electric Distributors | Pasadena | Nov 27, 2019 | 12 violations | $8,291 | 10 | 0 |
| McDonald Wholesale Company | West Sacramento | Nov 26, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eva's Recycling | Fresno | Oct 5, 2019 | 4 violations | $4,504 | 2 | 0 |
| Sysco Riverside Inc. | March Arb | Oct 1, 2019 | 35,000 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Largest back-wage records in Wholesale Trade
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revel Systems Inc. | 2 | $778,785 | 328 | Oct 27, 2018 |
| WET | 1 | $645,828 | 156 | Oct 2, 2022 |
| Trafficanda Egg Ranches | 1 | $239,310 | 36 | Jan 16, 2008 |
| Ganahl Lumber Company | 2 | $207,621 | 505 | Apr 25, 2008 |
| Ultimo Software Solutions | 1 | $186,889 | 1 | Feb 29, 2012 |
| HS Production | 1 | $134,624 | 76 | Apr 8, 2019 |
| Rockview Milk | 1 | $133,815 | 19 | Dec 8, 2012 |
| Dahboul | 1 | $130,000 | 57 | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Lu Mar Industrial Metals Co. | 1 | $117,576 | 45 | Jan 24, 2018 |
| Aliser Import Export | 1 | $95,035 | 30 | Oct 7, 2023 |
| CSS Distributions | 1 | $90,112 | 33 | Feb 14, 2021 |
| Triunfo-Mex, Inc. | 1 | $85,380 | 21 | Apr 9, 2013 |
| AG Pacific, LLC | 1 | $80,442 | 25 | May 26, 2011 |
| Express Pipe & Supply | 2 | $74,632 | 18 | Mar 31, 2004 |
| Greenstone Materials, Inc. | 1 | $74,505 | 40 | Jun 4, 2014 |
| S.L. Food Enterprise | 1 | $73,351 | 30 | Sep 14, 2014 |
| La Villita (dba) El Picante | 1 | $73,194 | 12 | May 8, 2008 |
| Melon Apparel, Inc | 1 | $70,087 | 15 | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Wing Sing Food Company, Inc. | 1 | $68,728 | 15 | Sep 14, 2013 |
| La Flor De Mexico | 1 | $66,254 | 72 | May 29, 2024 |
By year closed
| Year | Cases | With violations | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $12,293 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | $29,981 | 51 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 | $87,004 | 88 |
| 2023 | 15 | 13 | $122,904 | 44 |
| 2022 | 17 | 12 | $674,655 | 161 |
| 2021 | 20 | 12 | $168,407 | 65 |
| 2020 | 27 | 17 | $118,493 | 56 |
| 2019 | 54 | 42 | $291,633 | 247 |
| 2018 | 88 | 70 | $1,323,691 | 616 |
| 2017 | 112 | 90 | $314,731 | 194 |
| 2016 | 107 | 92 | $401,657 | 185 |
| 2015 | 110 | 97 | $842,076 | 498 |
| 2014 | 39 | 29 | $299,959 | 271 |
| 2013 | 43 | 31 | $364,481 | 721 |
| 2012 | 73 | 50 | $878,815 | 409 |
| 2011 | 37 | 26 | $393,839 | 237 |
| 2010 | 31 | 27 | $325,570 | 211 |
| 2009 | 26 | 15 | $82,230 | 78 |
| 2008 | 41 | 25 | $398,350 | 217 |
| 2007 | 28 | 18 | $95,048 | 109 |
| 2006 | 23 | 16 | $94,752 | 75 |
| 2005 | 26 | 17 | $113,325 | 109 |
| 2004 | 18 | 14 | $426,230 | 808 |
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.