2015 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2015: 1,717 cases, 1,287 with violations found, $28,601,366 in back wages agreed for 20,625 workers, $1,555,197 in penalties. Against 2014 that is an increase of 3% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2015
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Consolidated Couriers, Inc | 6 | $2,500,000 | 597 |
| San Mateo County HSA Children & Family Ser. | 1 | $1,762,176 | 125 |
| Able Building Maintenance | 1 | $1,460,613 | 3,631 |
| CHARIOT | 2 | $1,433,472 | 87 |
| General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $945,001 | 901 |
| Cintas Fire Protection | 1 | $653,435 | 81 |
| VNA California | 1 | $636,425 | 99 |
| DELTA PRODCUTS CORPORATION | 1 | $534,254 | 79 |
| West Coast Drywall & Paint | 2 | $472,220 | 1,069 |
| American Homes 4 Rent | 1 | $414,456 | 109 |
| PG Trucking | 1 | $303,610 | 65 |
| Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | 1 | $266,414 | 531 |
| I2a Technologies | 1 | $261,866 | 23 |
| AA Electric & Plumbing | 1 | $245,389 | 19 |
| Kosakura, Inc. | 2 | $240,624 | 33 |
| Mota's Floorcovering Inc. | 1 | $229,358 | 127 |
| VTC Enterprises | 1 | $221,880 | 142 |
| Lincoln Training Center | 2 | $213,857 | 516 |
| Prospect Mortgage | 1 | $211,237 | 530 |
| Macias Llames Inc/ USPS | 1 | $204,812 | 12 |
| Support Linkages, LLC | 1 | $200,000 | 29 |
| Chloe Apparel, Inc. | 1 | $173,744 | 142 |
| Nelson Oswaldo Francia dba: Francia Trucking | 1 | $173,481 | 39 |
| Salinas Inc. | 1 | $171,429 | 22 |
| Hardy & Harper, Inc. | 1 | $171,109 | 31 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 387 | $6,294,741 | 2,916 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 85 | $5,333,675 | 1,486 |
| Manufacturing | 201 | $3,383,200 | 1,615 |
| Construction | 123 | $3,188,092 | 2,929 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 97 | $2,901,050 | 5,050 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 228 | $1,934,455 | 1,300 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 48 | $1,271,082 | 1,223 |
| Wholesale Trade | 110 | $842,076 | 498 |
| Public Administration | 3 | $655,878 | 83 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 14 | $574,721 | 325 |
| Retail Trade | 128 | $529,687 | 376 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 36 | $477,396 | 375 |
| Finance and Insurance | 13 | $365,950 | 678 |
| Utilities | 4 | $267,064 | 532 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 181 | $225,336 | 958 |
| Information | 16 | $139,944 | 78 |
| 27 | $114,944 | 155 | |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 9 | $52,080 | 17 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 1 | $35,539 | 10 |
| Educational Services | 6 | $14,456 | 21 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Trudeau Electric | Lancaster | Mar 31, 2015 | 33 violations | $75,877 | 22 | 0 |
| IMS Facility Services INNOVATIVE MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, INC. | Sacramento | Mar 31, 2015 | 7 violations | $10,397 | 7 | 0 |
| California Lifestyles Marilla Chocolates Company Inc. | San Francisco | Mar 31, 2015 | 4 violations repeat | $3,313 | 3 | 0 |
| Marilla Chocolate Co. | San Francisco | Mar 31, 2015 | 5 violations repeat | $3,263 | 4 | 0 |
| Cal Roofing | Los Angeles | Mar 31, 2015 | 9 violations | $1,912 | 9 | 0 |
| Ultimate Communication Systems | Los Angeles | Mar 31, 2015 | 6 violations | $1,559 | 6 | 0 |
| Approved Optics Approved Networks Inc. | Lake Forest | Mar 31, 2015 | 5 violations | $1,443 | 4 | 0 |
| Starlight Corporation | San Diego | Mar 31, 2015 | 1 violation | $457 | 1 | 0 |
| Labara Family Care Home | Stockton | Mar 31, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Imperial Contracting | Irvine | Mar 31, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mota's Floorcovering Inc. | Riverside | Mar 30, 2015 | 128 violations repeat | $229,358 | 127 | $47,498 |
| Blue Freight Transport Inc. | Ontario | Mar 30, 2015 | 1 violation | $440 | 1 | 0 |
| E. & J. Griffin Family Care Home | Winters | Mar 30, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie's ICF | San Ramon | Mar 29, 2015 | 15 violations | $85,359 | 14 | 0 |
| True Position Die Company | Los Alamitos | Mar 29, 2015 | 14 violations repeat | $50,933 | 12 | $924 |
| Happy Nails The H & N Group Management Co. | Tustin | Mar 29, 2015 | 21 violations | $32,027 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Gomes & Sons, Inc. | Turlock | Mar 29, 2015 | 14 violations | $16,152 | 13 | 0 |
| St Denis Home | San Ramon | Mar 29, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First Student Transportation | San Jose | Mar 29, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BTSI BERNARDO TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | San Diego | Mar 28, 2015 | 1 violation | $729 | 1 | 0 |
| D & H Fashion, Inc | El Segundo | Mar 28, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark A Wunch General Contractor | San Diego | Mar 28, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laguna Stream Family Home, Inc. | Elk Grove | Mar 27, 2015 | 5 violations | $14,878 | 4 | 0 |
| Sushi Go 55 Morishita Enterprises | Los Angeles | Mar 27, 2015 | 9 violations repeat | $13,015 | 5 | 0 |
| Happy Nails Happy Nails & Spa of Newport Beach, Corp. | Newport Beach | Mar 27, 2015 | 7 violations | $9,604 | 6 | 0 |
| Richborough Fountain, Inc. | Elk Grove | Mar 27, 2015 | 4 violations | $8,942 | 3 | 0 |
| Hillcrest Care (El Dorado Hills) | El Dorado Hills | Mar 27, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nirvana Bar and Grill | Los Angeles | Mar 27, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H3 BUILDERS INC H3 Engineering Incorporated aka | Norwalk | Mar 26, 2015 | 16 violations | $2,804 | 16 | 0 |
| West Coast Drywall & Paint | Riverside | Mar 25, 2015 | 992 violations repeat | $440,645 | 991 | $545,050 |
| Fed Ex Ground Federal Express Ground Package System, Inc | Fairfield | Mar 25, 2015 | 2 violations | $35,453 | 1 | 0 |
| West Coast Drywall & Paint West Coast Drywall & Company, Inc. | San Diego | Mar 25, 2015 | 78 violations | $31,575 | 78 | 0 |
| Art Plus Art Plus U.S.A. | Los Angeles | Mar 25, 2015 | 18 violations | $8,318 | 17 | 0 |
| San Francisco PUC- Water Department | Millbrae | Mar 25, 2015 | 1 violation | $650 | 1 | 0 |
| J and L Commercial Janitorial | March Arb | Mar 24, 2015 | 14 violations | $1,719 | 13 | 0 |
| Puckett Residential Services - Springer House | Redding | Mar 24, 2015 | 4 violations repeat | $313 | 3 | 0 |
| M & S Quality | Los Angeles | Mar 23, 2015 | 6 violations | $558 | 3 | 0 |
| Prospect Mortgage | Sherman Oaks | Mar 21, 2015 | 532 violations | $211,237 | 530 | 0 |
| A-Fordable Billing Solution Inc. | Pasadena | Mar 20, 2015 | 5 violations | $6,877 | 4 | 0 |
| Harvin's Home Harvin's Home - Sharon Harvin | Anderson | Mar 19, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Pleasanton | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Haven Soleta Holdings, Inc. | Livermore | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belrose Care Home I | Walnut Creek | Mar 19, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belrose Care Home II | Walnut Creek | Mar 19, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belrose Care Home III | Walnut Creek | Mar 19, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bella Casa Bella Casa RCFE, Inc. | La Quinta | Mar 19, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spyglass Senior Villa | Brentwood | Mar 18, 2015 | 3 violations | $14,747 | 2 | 0 |
| Spyglass Senior Villa | Oakley | Mar 18, 2015 | 3 violations | $10,355 | 2 | 0 |
| Coco Ichibanaya Restaurant | Irvine | Mar 18, 2015 | 11 violations | $5,127 | 10 | 0 |
| Spyglass Senior Villa | Oakley | Mar 18, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| El Pollo Loco | Tustin | Mar 18, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Quentin State Prison California Department of Corrections | San Quentin | Mar 18, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Covenant Aviation Security | South San Francisco | Mar 18, 2015 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHARIOT LAURELS MEDICAL SERVICES | San Jose | Mar 17, 2015 | 214 violations | $1,209,872 | 71 | 0 |
| CHARIOT Laurels Medical Services | Carmichael | Mar 17, 2015 | 48 violations | $223,600 | 16 | 0 |
| Sarah's Retirement Home for DD Seniors (McCo) | Santa Rosa | Mar 17, 2015 | 29 violations | $111,208 | 26 | 0 |
| Burnett & Son Meat Company | Monrovia | Mar 17, 2015 | 55 violations | $34,858 | 54 | 0 |
| Sarah's Home for Seniors (Piccadilly Cir) | Windsor | Mar 17, 2015 | 4 violations | $12,458 | 3 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes -Laguna | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 3 violations | $7,502 | 1 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 3 violations | $6,566 | 1 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | Lakeside | Mar 17, 2015 | 3 violations | $6,048 | 1 | 0 |
| Sarah's Elderly Care | Windsor | Mar 17, 2015 | 4 violations | $3,830 | 3 | 0 |
| Sarah's Senior Residential Care (Clover) | Santa Rosa | Mar 17, 2015 | 7 violations | $3,685 | 6 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 3 violations | $508 | 1 | 0 |
| Smile Dental Group Zargarian & Khatchatarian Dental Corp | Palmdale | Mar 17, 2015 | 3 violations | $163 | 2 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes -Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman, Inc. | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turman Guest Homes - Clarendon | El Cajon | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valley Dale Market | Azusa | Mar 16, 2015 | 6 violations repeat | $15,778 | 4 | $1,496 |
| Mexicana Meat Market | Azusa | Mar 16, 2015 | 6 violations | $5,023 | 3 | 0 |
| La Simpatia Meat Market Roberto Guzman and Esther Guzman | Duarte | Mar 16, 2015 | 4 violations | $405 | 2 | 0 |
| Pacific Agri Lands, Inc. | Modesto | Mar 16, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SKM Production | Los Angeles | Mar 16, 2015 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serene Care | Pleasanton | Mar 15, 2015 | 17 violations | $52,166 | 8 | 0 |
| Heirloom Gardens | San Bruno | Mar 15, 2015 | 7 violations | $36,628 | 3 | 0 |
| Qcare Residential Facility | Concord | Mar 15, 2015 | 6 violations | $30,511 | 3 | 0 |
| Carniceria Jalisco Earlimart | Earlimart | Mar 15, 2015 | 10 violations | $30,292 | 9 | 0 |
| Qcare Residential Facility | Concord | Mar 15, 2015 | 7 violations | $30,041 | 3 | 0 |
| Heirloom Gardens | Burlingame | Mar 15, 2015 | 11 violations | $25,751 | 5 | 0 |
| El Pollo Loco Chicken Star International, Inc. | Buena Park | Mar 15, 2015 | 15 violations repeat | $20,871 | 14 | $3,927 |
| Heirloom Gardens | South San Francisco | Mar 15, 2015 | 9 violations | $19,026 | 4 | 0 |
| Serene Care II | Pleasanton | Mar 15, 2015 | 5 violations | $18,946 | 2 | 0 |
| Serene Care III | Pleasanton | Mar 15, 2015 | 5 violations | $17,159 | 2 | 0 |
| Heirloom Gardens | Daly City | Mar 15, 2015 | 7 violations | $12,923 | 3 | 0 |
| Filipino Express Leonie M. Rimando, Et Al | Buena Park | Mar 15, 2015 | 4 violations repeat | $10,991 | 2 | $561 |
| Bear Flag Fish Company | Newport Beach | Mar 15, 2015 | 12 violations | $7,459 | 11 | 0 |
| Bella D, Inc. | Los Angeles | Mar 15, 2015 | 8 violations | $6,574 | 7 | 0 |
| London and Co., LLP | Santa Monica | Mar 15, 2015 | 2 violations | $5,703 | 1 | 0 |
| TreeSmith Enterprises, Inc. | Anaheim | Mar 15, 2015 | 5 violations | $5,509 | 4 | 0 |
| Spyglass Senior Villa | Brentwood | Mar 15, 2015 | 2 violations | $2,139 | 1 | 0 |
| Qcare Residential Facility | Concord | Mar 15, 2015 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 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.