2013 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2013: 2,167 cases, 1,633 with violations found, $36,566,607 in back wages agreed for 19,219 workers, $1,256,735 in penalties. Against 2012 that is an increase of 57% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2013
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) | 1 | $8,071,861 | 362 |
| Lange Trucking, Inc. | 1 | $1,979,779 | 515 |
| A & Z Trucking | 1 | $1,198,996 | 53 |
| Team West Contracting Corporation | 1 | $876,936 | 28 |
| Ecotality Inc | 1 | $807,626 | 73 |
| Solar City | 1 | $751,154 | 184 |
| Carolina Trail Golf Partners, Inc. | 1 | $494,319 | 466 |
| CallSource | 1 | $413,634 | 327 |
| Beverly Residential Care Home (Urbano) | 3 | $323,549 | 14 |
| PRMG | 1 | $310,017 | 70 |
| NEW DISCOVERY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES I | 1 | $299,046 | 17 |
| Spectrum Security Services | 1 | $287,529 | 98 |
| Barrier Specialty Roofing & Coatings | 1 | $278,180 | 85 |
| OSHA THAI RESTAURANT | 3 | $264,277 | 64 |
| Language Line Services | 1 | $251,034 | 635 |
| Largo Concrete, Inc. | 3 | $244,527 | 37 |
| Staybright Electric, Inc. (Solis) | 1 | $242,563 | 101 |
| Fresno County Fire Protection District | 1 | $215,036 | 86 |
| EGN Apparel | 1 | $196,207 | 107 |
| Blueprint Studios | 1 | $189,279 | 87 |
| AJ Huntington Home | 5 | $189,221 | 30 |
| King Drivers Transportation Services, Inc. | 1 | $186,187 | 59 |
| BELLAKEN GARDEN & SKILLED NURSING CENTER | 1 | $169,224 | 102 |
| Mr. Rooter Plumbing | 1 | $167,472 | 21 |
| Amor Residential Care Home | 1 | $166,571 | 14 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | $8,327,634 | 803 | |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 503 | $6,750,357 | 3,718 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 86 | $4,104,268 | 1,107 |
| Construction | 146 | $3,848,263 | 1,689 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 169 | $2,712,247 | 2,086 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 293 | $2,592,775 | 1,569 |
| Manufacturing | 329 | $2,368,983 | 1,844 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 57 | $902,319 | 1,036 |
| Retail Trade | 102 | $802,702 | 605 |
| Utilities | 8 | $771,956 | 193 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 85 | $665,523 | 539 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 11 | $535,608 | 497 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 14 | $523,509 | 295 |
| Finance and Insurance | 23 | $516,321 | 246 |
| Wholesale Trade | 43 | $364,481 | 721 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 214 | $282,089 | 2,026 |
| Public Administration | 9 | $223,166 | 89 |
| Educational Services | 19 | $194,666 | 103 |
| Information | 8 | $72,794 | 38 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 1 | $6,946 | 15 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunan Seafood Restaurant | Rosemead | Feb 9, 2013 | 3 violations | $462 | 1 | 0 |
| Sunnymead Veterinary Clinic | Moreno Valley | Feb 9, 2013 | 2 violations repeat | $328 | 1 | $374 |
| Dutch LLC Dba: Current/ Elliott | Los Angeles | Feb 9, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alpha Clothing Rafik Torosyan, Sole Proprietor | Glendale | Feb 9, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrique Quintana Alcantara | Mecca | Feb 9, 2013 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $650 |
| Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC | Scotia | Feb 9, 2013 | 17 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,650 |
| Passport Love | Los Angeles | Feb 9, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spektrum Manufacturing | Santa Ana | Feb 9, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. S. I. Fort Lauderdale Inc | Los Angeles | Feb 9, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black Orchid Denim | Los Angeles | Feb 9, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olympia Medical Center, LLC | Los Angeles | Feb 8, 2013 | 5 violations | $7,121 | 3 | 0 |
| Allied Barton Security Services LP | West Covina | Feb 8, 2013 | 8 violations repeat | $5,870 | 7 | $3,080 |
| M and M Sports | Chino | Feb 8, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEW DISCOVERY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES I | Highland | Feb 7, 2013 | 35 violations repeat | $299,046 | 17 | 0 |
| JOHNSON ADULT RESIDENTIAL, INC. | West Covina | Feb 7, 2013 | 8 violations repeat | $18,553 | 5 | 0 |
| Carrillo Manor, Inc | Norwalk | Feb 7, 2013 | 3 violations repeat | $3,835 | 2 | $616 |
| Guerrero Produce Market | Los Angeles | Feb 7, 2013 | 4 violations | $3,638 | 3 | 0 |
| Taqueria El Rey | Chino | Feb 7, 2013 | 2 violations repeat | $3,063 | 1 | $308 |
| Waba grill | Claremont | Feb 7, 2013 | 2 violations repeat | $1,896 | 1 | $374 |
| Reliable Security Services | Fontana | Feb 7, 2013 | 2 violations | $534 | 1 | 0 |
| A-1 Quality Painting Brian McBride,, DBA A-1 Quality Painting | Hesperia | Feb 7, 2013 | 4 violations | $88 | 3 | 0 |
| Cutting Edge Concrete Services, Inc. | Victorville | Feb 7, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Termite & Pest Control | La Crescenta | Feb 7, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RBI Packing LLC | Thermal | Feb 7, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starbucks | Livermore | Feb 7, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bagdasarian, Inc. | Mecca | Feb 7, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bracisco, Melissa Estella | Middletown | Feb 6, 2013 | 4 violations | $5,004 | 2 | 0 |
| ICON Urban Love, Inc | Los Angeles | Feb 6, 2013 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ground Realty & Loan | Chino Hills | Feb 6, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adept Home Health Service | Ontario | Feb 6, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4SameDay Transportation 4SameDay Transportation Limited Partnership | Riverside | Feb 6, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HONG KONG LOUNGE New Hong Kong Lounge, Inc. | San Francisco | Feb 5, 2013 | 48 violations | $40,000 | 48 | 0 |
| UBF Transport Services | Milpitas | Feb 5, 2013 | 25 violations | $25,459 | 17 | 0 |
| Musso Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 5, 2013 | 20 violations | $13,806 | 12 | 0 |
| Elite Structural Services, LLC | San Diego | Feb 5, 2013 | 8 violations | $1,802 | 8 | 0 |
| Voom James and Joy, Inc | Los Angeles | Feb 5, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollywood Production Security, Inc. | Canoga Park | Feb 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bon Pest Control | Los Angeles | Feb 5, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Pest Control | Studio City | Feb 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanguard Cleaning Systems of the North Bay | Petaluma | Feb 5, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T&H Fashion, M&H Fashion | Garden Grove | Feb 4, 2013 | 7 violations | $9,175 | 6 | 0 |
| Waba grill | Covina | Feb 4, 2013 | 5 violations repeat | $7,779 | 4 | $1,496 |
| Elite Maintenance Services | San Diego | Feb 4, 2013 | 34 violations | $4,336 | 29 | 0 |
| Aloha House Ohana Residential Care, Inc. | Red Bluff | Feb 4, 2013 | 2 violations | $838 | 1 | 0 |
| Pico Ranch Market | Los Angeles | Feb 4, 2013 | 2 violations | $110 | 2 | 0 |
| Minimi Te Amo Clothing, Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 4, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LA Paradise Inc.& S&S Memon Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 4, 2013 | 119 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Countryside Cafe Corp Countryside Cafe Corporation | Red Bluff | Feb 4, 2013 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buca di Beppo Buca 2 Restaurants, Inc. | San Jose | Feb 4, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christy's Sewing | Los Angeles | Feb 3, 2013 | 28 violations repeat | $15,818 | 13 | $3,850 |
| Component West Inc. | San Diego | Feb 3, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assembly System | San Diego | Feb 3, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santibanez Agricultural Services, Inc (FLC) | Lodi | Feb 3, 2013 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Saich & Sons (AgEr) | Acampo | Feb 3, 2013 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehfil Indian Cuisine Inc. (Pacific Heights) | San Francisco | Feb 2, 2013 | 12 violations | $49,350 | 11 | 0 |
| Mehfil Indian Cuisine Inc. (Pacific Heights) | San Francisco | Feb 2, 2013 | 14 violations | $12,290 | 13 | 0 |
| Angelo Sunnycare | Sunnyvale | Feb 2, 2013 | 10 violations | $11,325 | 8 | 0 |
| Redwood Regional Medical Group | Santa Rosa | Feb 2, 2013 | 2 violations | $9,843 | 1 | 0 |
| Waba grill | Walnut | Feb 2, 2013 | 6 violations repeat | $6,830 | 5 | $1,870 |
| McGuire Contracting, Inc. | Fontana | Feb 2, 2013 | 20 violations | $5,570 | 10 | 0 |
| Bergelectric Corp. | Escondido | Feb 2, 2013 | 4 violations | $4,501 | 4 | 0 |
| Kids Corner | Coarsegold | Feb 2, 2013 | 2 violations | $848 | 1 | 0 |
| Breeze Hill Care II | Vista | Feb 2, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blueprint Studios Blueprint Studios Trends Inc. | San Francisco | Feb 1, 2013 | 88 violations repeat | $189,279 | 87 | 0 |
| Apex Pacific, Inc | San Diego | Feb 1, 2013 | 7 violations | $33,174 | 3 | 0 |
| Miramar Western Wear y Musica (Paso Robles) | Santa Maria | Feb 1, 2013 | 5 violations repeat | $2,849 | 4 | $1,232 |
| Miramar Western Wear y Musica (Paso Robles) | Oceano | Feb 1, 2013 | 5 violations repeat | $2,686 | 4 | $1,232 |
| Miramar Western Wear y Musica (Paso Robles) | Santa Maria | Feb 1, 2013 | 5 violations repeat | $2,236 | 4 | $1,232 |
| Zoic Clothing Big Ring Ventures, Inc | San Diego | Feb 1, 2013 | 5 violations | $2,116 | 4 | 0 |
| AMERICLEAN Allied National Service Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 1, 2013 | 10 violations | $976 | 10 | 0 |
| Miramar Western Wear y Musica (Paso Robles) | Lompoc | Feb 1, 2013 | 4 violations repeat | $884 | 3 | $924 |
| Los Angeles County Probation | Downey | Feb 1, 2013 | 100,001 violations | $760 | 1 | 0 |
| Miramar Western Wear y Musica (Paso Robles) | Paso Robles | Feb 1, 2013 | 3 violations repeat | $136 | 2 | $616 |
| Alumtile, Inc. | Santa Clara | Feb 1, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowe's Home Improvement | Hanford | Feb 1, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California State University Monterey | Seaside | Feb 1, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabrizio Gianni, Inc. | Los Angeles | Feb 1, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zodiac Seats California, LLC | Rancho Cucamonga | Feb 1, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lange Trucking, Inc. | Pleasanton | Jan 31, 2013 | 515 violations | $1,979,779 | 515 | 0 |
| Searchpros Staffing | Citrus Heights | Jan 31, 2013 | 8 violations | $19,655 | 8 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Visalia | Jan 31, 2013 | 3 violations | $17,604 | 2 | 0 |
| Rockwell Bar and Vermont Kitchen | Los Angeles | Jan 31, 2013 | 15 violations | $17,082 | 14 | 0 |
| Indian Clay Oven J Mahli (S.F.) Corporation | San Francisco | Jan 31, 2013 | 5 violations | $10,179 | 4 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Fresno | Jan 31, 2013 | 3 violations | $9,864 | 2 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Porterville | Jan 31, 2013 | 4 violations | $7,672 | 3 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Lindsay | Jan 31, 2013 | 4 violations | $3,907 | 3 | 0 |
| Morgan Hill Villa | Morgan Hill | Jan 31, 2013 | 5 violations | $2,890 | 3 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Porterville | Jan 31, 2013 | 3 violations | $1,031 | 2 | 0 |
| Indian Clay Oven | San Francisco | Jan 31, 2013 | 2 violations | $782 | 1 | 0 |
| Arbors at Rancho Penasquitos | San Diego | Jan 31, 2013 | 15 violations | $745 | 14 | 0 |
| Gurrola Home | Tulare | Jan 31, 2013 | 3 violations | $480 | 2 | 0 |
| Subway Pleasant Valley Subway, Inc. | Ventura | Jan 31, 2013 | 5 violations | $311 | 4 | 0 |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools | Bakersfield | Jan 31, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pueblo Ranch Market | Victorville | Jan 31, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SLB INCORPORATED-LYDIA'S HOME | Moreno Valley | Jan 31, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meg Company | Hermosa Beach | Jan 31, 2013 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C4 Ranches & AG Services (FLC) | Visalia | Jan 31, 2013 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $925 |
| Indian Clay Oven N. Malhi (S.F.) Corporation | San Francisco | Jan 31, 2013 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Securitas Securitas Security Services, USA, Inc. | Ventura | Jan 31, 2013 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hai's Fashion | Chino | Jan 30, 2013 | 20 violations repeat | $11,722 | 10 | $3,080 |
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.