2004 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2004: 1,131 cases, 841 with violations found, $14,647,829 in back wages agreed for 14,463 workers, $461,427 in penalties. Against 2003 that is an increase of 122% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2004
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestore, Inc. | 1 | $1,260,280 | 453 |
| MiAngels Apparel | 1 | $724,604 | 472 |
| NOVA Commercial Company, Inc. | 1 | $669,543 | 261 |
| Staffworks, Inc. | 1 | $637,951 | 878 |
| G R Engineering Inc | 1 | $366,000 | 0 |
| Aerotek, Inc. | 1 | $322,414 | 97 |
| California, State of | 9 | $303,155 | 215 |
| Ganahl Lumber Company | 1 | $207,621 | 505 |
| Landmark Education | 1 | $187,569 | 45 |
| Mid Valley Plastering, Inc. | 1 | $185,954 | 437 |
| Out of the Blue, Inc. (KOR Casefile) | 2 | $180,971 | 167 |
| Spears Manufacturing, Inc. | 1 | $173,978 | 32 |
| FAIRCO (Clark Realty) | 1 | $145,961 | 36 |
| Global Horizon Inc. | 1 | $141,553 | 17 |
| Universal Asphalt Co, Inc. | 1 | $138,841 | 19 |
| M & B Painting, Inc. | 1 | $133,605 | 139 |
| Monrovia Community Hospital | 1 | $132,005 | 104 |
| Creative Communications | 1 | $131,011 | 167 |
| Patina V | 1 | $120,000 | 49 |
| Glen Alpine | 1 | $116,923 | 84 |
| Etiwanda School District | 1 | $114,323 | 39 |
| Professional Building Maintenance | 2 | $113,500 | 284 |
| Mai Logic, Inc. | 2 | $111,824 | 11 |
| Valley Manor Convalescent Hospital | 1 | $100,000 | 0 |
| Debora Fashion, Inc. | 1 | $97,658 | 39 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 75 | $3,040,427 | 2,876 |
| Manufacturing | 227 | $2,705,971 | 2,404 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 37 | $1,587,463 | 633 |
| Construction | 80 | $1,552,513 | 1,410 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 110 | $976,112 | 1,813 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 158 | $907,297 | 1,121 |
| Retail Trade | 136 | $754,292 | 667 |
| 27 | $490,796 | 445 | |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 51 | $475,510 | 420 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 46 | $462,599 | 311 |
| Wholesale Trade | 18 | $426,230 | 808 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 81 | $373,474 | 762 |
| Information | 12 | $225,417 | 240 |
| Educational Services | 15 | $208,641 | 87 |
| Finance and Insurance | 23 | $195,000 | 174 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 15 | $114,750 | 174 |
| Public Administration | 2 | $59,848 | 37 |
| Utilities | 1 | $51,774 | 13 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 13 | $37,294 | 47 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 2 | $0 | 0 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Caesar's Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. | Claremont | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln, City of Parks and Recreation, Dept of | Lincoln | Nov 1, 2004 | 18 violations | 0 | 0 | $8,415 |
| NorCal Presort | Redding | Nov 1, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,320 |
| Sun City Roseville Community Sun City Roseville Community Association, Inc | Roseville | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teddy Crafters | Roseville | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Superior Tank Lines So. Cal Petroleum Transport, Inc. | Colton | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pick Up Stix, Inc. | Roseville | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodcreek Subway Woodcreek Subway # 26759 | Roseville | Nov 1, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hines Horticulture | Irvine | Oct 31, 2004 | 116 violations | $27,120 | 116 | 0 |
| Chandler Convalescent Hospital Central Convalescent Hosp of Glendale, Inc. | Glendale | Oct 31, 2004 | 76 violations | $21,299 | 75 | 0 |
| McDonalds # 4778, # 1905 & Fosnight of Buena Park, L.P. & Naara, Inc. | Buena Park | Oct 31, 2004 | 103 violations | $19,048 | 102 | 0 |
| Glen Oaks Convalescent Hospital | Glendale | Oct 31, 2004 | 73 violations | $14,913 | 72 | 0 |
| Trapeze Networks, Inc. | Pleasanton | Oct 31, 2004 | 5 violations | $14,517 | 4 | 0 |
| Spectrum Dental Laboratory Spectrum Dental Laboratories, Inc | Santa Ana | Oct 31, 2004 | 11 violations | $14,362 | 10 | 0 |
| West Point Physical Therapy West Point Physical Therapy Center Inc. | Palmdale | Oct 31, 2004 | 5 violations | $283 | 5 | 0 |
| Casework Installations | La Puente | Oct 31, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuckwagon Concessions | Alta Loma | Oct 31, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goldin Care Homes | Folsom | Oct 31, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mai Logic, Inc. | Fremont | Oct 30, 2004 | 5 violations | $47,347 | 5 | $5,000 |
| Hernandez, Idelfonsa FLC | Ivanhoe | Oct 30, 2004 | 7 violations | $599 | 1 | $900 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | West Covina | Oct 30, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boba City Inc. | Montclair | Oct 30, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States Postal Service | Oakland | Oct 30, 2004 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vegas Restaurant | Los Angeles | Oct 29, 2004 | 18 violations | $28,742 | 14 | 0 |
| Firestone West Coast (torrance) | Long Beach | Oct 29, 2004 | 5 violations | $9,048 | 4 | 0 |
| TELEREP | Los Angeles | Oct 29, 2004 | 25 violations | $2,421 | 21 | 0 |
| Big House | San Francisco | Oct 29, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | San Francisco | Oct 28, 2004 | 25 violations | $67,576 | 25 | 0 |
| Limited Grocers, Inc. | San Pedro | Oct 28, 2004 | 4 violations | $9,098 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Gallegos, Inc - FLC | Kelseyville | Oct 28, 2004 | 15 violations | $906 | 3 | $1,825 |
| Plymouth Square Stockton Congregational Home, Inc. | Stockton | Oct 28, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Janitorial Carpet Maintenance | Glendale | Oct 28, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Little Ceasar's Pizza Little Ceasar Enterprise, Inc. | Covina | Oct 28, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AEROS Aeronautical Systems Corp. | Tarzana | Oct 28, 2004 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bapko Metal Fabricators Inc. | Orange | Oct 27, 2004 | 2 violations | $6,630 | 1 | 0 |
| L.A. FITNESS | Pasadena | Oct 27, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungry Howie's Pizza | Fresno | Oct 27, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super Hayat Market | Torrance | Oct 27, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PRATUNUM MARKET INC. | North Holloywood | Oct 27, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick's Door Corp Nick's Door Corporation | Azusa | Oct 26, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buga Korean Barbecue Restaurant | San Diego | Oct 26, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Coast Nursery | Irvine | Oct 26, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingdom Mattress, Inc. | Paramount | Oct 25, 2004 | 34 violations | $15,589 | 33 | 0 |
| Broquard, LLC | Los Angeles | Oct 25, 2004 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonia Monteon | San Jose | Oct 25, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown Chiropractic Clinic | Milpitas | Oct 24, 2004 | 7 violations | $29,825 | 1 | 0 |
| Consolidated Concepts, Inc. | Travis Afb | Oct 24, 2004 | 29 violations | $18,576 | 17 | 0 |
| Global Production & Sourcing, Inc. | San Francisco | Oct 24, 2004 | 15 violations | $10,736 | 15 | 0 |
| Rose Garden Chinese Restaurant | Roseville | Oct 24, 2004 | 3 violations | $645 | 2 | 0 |
| Anaheim Centsible Tile Anaheim Centsible Tile, Incorporated | Anaheim | Oct 24, 2004 | 39 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domino's Pizza | Upland | Oct 24, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Rodriguez, FLC | Corning | Oct 23, 2004 | 35 violations | $2,880 | 24 | $4,000 |
| Kalifornia Gold Ag Service, Inc. | Madera | Oct 23, 2004 | 8 violations | $2,305 | 8 | 0 |
| Zoria Farms, Inc | Madera | Oct 23, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visual Concepts, Inc. Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc. | San Rafael | Oct 22, 2004 | 12 violations | $32,070 | 11 | 0 |
| Inoovative Electric Consulting, Inc | Riverside | Oct 22, 2004 | 13 violations | $17,763 | 10 | 0 |
| Cerami Sales Company, Inc. | Gardena | Oct 22, 2004 | 2 violations | $441 | 1 | 0 |
| Fashion Bay, Inc | Hacienda Heights | Oct 21, 2004 | 25 violations | $28,926 | 24 | 0 |
| U.S. Bargain | Los Angeles | Oct 21, 2004 | 13 violations | $22,482 | 13 | 0 |
| I. M. Air Conditioning, Inc. | Tarzana | Oct 21, 2004 | 12 violations | $5,938 | 11 | 0 |
| Firestone West Coast (torrance) | Lakewood | Oct 21, 2004 | 5 violations | $3,870 | 4 | 0 |
| Support Services of America, Inc. | Norwalk | Oct 21, 2004 | 2 violations | $571 | 1 | 0 |
| Flowmaster Plumbing, Inc. | Oceanside | Oct 21, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Marketing Administrators | Calabasas | Oct 20, 2004 | 9 violations | $10,634 | 7 | 0 |
| El Taco Nazo | Baldwin Park | Oct 20, 2004 | 8 violations | $6,635 | 7 | 0 |
| Coliseum Motel | Oakland | Oct 20, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guard Force Security | Los Angeles | Oct 19, 2004 | 57 violations | $19,323 | 56 | 0 |
| Bakersfield Family Medical Center | Bakersfield | Oct 19, 2004 | 9 violations | $7,879 | 8 | 0 |
| Golden Years Guest Home II | Elk Grove | Oct 19, 2004 | 6 violations | $4,937 | 4 | 0 |
| Golden Years Guest Home I | Elk Grove | Oct 19, 2004 | 3 violations | $3,882 | 1 | 0 |
| Action Motivation Action Motivation, Incorporated | South San Francisco | Oct 19, 2004 | 3 violations | $996 | 2 | 0 |
| 7-Eleven Store | San Gabriel | Oct 18, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IHOP | San Bernardino | Oct 18, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Some Crust Bakery | Claremont | Oct 17, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Automobile Club of Southern California | Van Nuys | Oct 17, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Martin Company | Vandenberg A F B | Oct 16, 2004 | 8 violations | $5,419 | 8 | 0 |
| Monterey County Library Seaside Branch | Seaside | Oct 16, 2004 | 1 violation | $233 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave's Gourmet Albacore | Santa Cruz | Oct 16, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warehouse Shoe Sale | El Monte | Oct 16, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R S Bus Line | Los Angeles | Oct 15, 2004 | 4 violations | $6,173 | 3 | 0 |
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel | Santa Monica | Oct 15, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galaxy 8 Theaters | Vacaville | Oct 15, 2004 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,485 |
| Good Shepherd Care Center | Sylmar (lake View Terrace) | Oct 15, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheel Care Express | Oakland | Oct 14, 2004 | 48 violations | $28,894 | 47 | 0 |
| Southland Construction | Irvine | Oct 14, 2004 | 15 violations | $7,740 | 14 | 0 |
| Red Deer Guest Home | Sacramento | Oct 14, 2004 | 4 violations | $3,012 | 2 | 0 |
| Kinnaree Cuisine of Thailand | North Hollywood | Oct 14, 2004 | 6 violations | $1,719 | 2 | 0 |
| Dial Security Communications | Camarillo | Oct 14, 2004 | 2 violations | $274 | 1 | 0 |
| BADA BING PIZZARIA | Pasadena | Oct 14, 2004 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakhaven Oakhaven Home For The Aged | Stockton | Oct 14, 2004 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highway 58 Fuel Stop | Bakersfield | Oct 14, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landmark Education | San Francisco | Oct 13, 2004 | 45 violations | $187,569 | 45 | 0 |
| Mai Thai Restaurant | Los Angeles | Oct 13, 2004 | 6 violations | $22,997 | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Singh & Sons | Oceanside | Oct 13, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Acorn Casino Golden Acorn Casino and Travel Center | Campo | Oct 12, 2004 | 3 violations | $6,489 | 2 | 0 |
| VALLEYUS Inc | San Jose | Oct 12, 2004 | 2 violations | $5,586 | 2 | 0 |
| Transportation Concepts | Riverside | Oct 12, 2004 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homestore, Inc. | Westlake Village | Oct 10, 2004 | 454 violations | $1,260,280 | 453 | 0 |
| Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. | Burlingame | Oct 10, 2004 | 2 violations | $48,116 | 1 | 0 |
| Frida Restaurant | Beverly Hills | Oct 10, 2004 | 16 violations | $13,767 | 14 | 0 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement database, California cases. All years, tracker home.
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.