2016 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2016: 1,223 cases, 955 with violations found, $22,094,399 in back wages agreed for 13,637 workers, $1,218,484 in penalties. Against 2015 that is a decrease of 23% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2016
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Cartage Company | 1 | $3,573,075 | 1,416 |
| Zenefits | 1 | $3,364,871 | 735 |
| Hewlett Packard (NASA ACES Contra)/Perspecta | 1 | $1,738,122 | 90 |
| University of California | 1 | $746,746 | 0 |
| Joined Inc. | 1 | $438,509 | 58 |
| TAILORED LIVING CHOICES, LLC | 1 | $311,130 | 113 |
| BUD of California | 1 | $292,234 | 1,052 |
| Taco Bell of America, LLC | 1 | $265,747 | 1,073 |
| Dav-Lear Systems Inc | 1 | $247,002 | 17 |
| Caminante Trucking | 1 | $235,523 | 74 |
| PDC Corp | 1 | $220,331 | 41 |
| AJR Trucking, Inc. | 1 | $182,523 | 122 |
| D & A Communications | 1 | $181,560 | 23 |
| Miramar Facilities Group JV | 1 | $177,802 | 57 |
| Whittier Christian Schools | 1 | $161,853 | 43 |
| LYN Corporation | 1 | $150,002 | 19 |
| Omnicare | 1 | $150,000 | 30 |
| Smart Systems Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $149,255 | 48 |
| Carmel At Home Services | 1 | $147,299 | 61 |
| Golden Coast Senior Living | 13 | $143,447 | 38 |
| Maybrook Christian School | 1 | $142,284 | 42 |
| Arrayit Corporation | 1 | $137,707 | 3 |
| Waba grill | 20 | $126,813 | 83 |
| DI Overnite LLC dba Deliver It | 1 | $119,917 | 44 |
| Beas, Adam (FLC) | 1 | $111,915 | 257 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation and Warehousing | 62 | $4,653,618 | 2,217 |
| Public Administration | 8 | $3,803,380 | 793 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 239 | $3,300,019 | 2,439 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 35 | $2,418,900 | 524 |
| Manufacturing | 257 | $1,986,395 | 1,289 |
| Construction | 66 | $1,380,557 | 800 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 108 | $1,217,279 | 1,672 |
| Educational Services | 6 | $1,093,104 | 117 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 70 | $659,988 | 860 |
| Wholesale Trade | 107 | $401,657 | 185 |
| Retail Trade | 61 | $279,846 | 296 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 114 | $264,072 | 1,340 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 31 | $173,715 | 138 |
| Information | 8 | $146,806 | 57 |
| Finance and Insurance | 7 | $121,290 | 253 |
| 26 | $79,118 | 202 | |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 3 | $65,169 | 391 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 1 | $26,103 | 1 |
| Utilities | 5 | $11,525 | 51 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 5 | $6,347 | 4 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 4 | $5,511 | 8 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RX Tronics Best Nest Management LLC | City Of Industry | Jul 8, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaviota's Drivers | San Jose | Jul 8, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palapas Restaurant and Cantina | Aptos | Jul 7, 2016 | 6 violations | $10,950 | 5 | 0 |
| Advanced Wallcovering | Santa Ynez | Jul 7, 2016 | 55 violations | $10,790 | 54 | 0 |
| CTE Cal, Inc | North Highlands | Jul 7, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quickly Huang & Tran Corp. | Folsom | Jul 6, 2016 | 19 violations | $1,109 | 17 | 0 |
| Quickly Huang & Tran Corp. | Sacramento | Jul 6, 2016 | 16 violations | $914 | 14 | 0 |
| Quickly Huang & Tran Corp. | Elk Grove | Jul 6, 2016 | 15 violations | $848 | 13 | 0 |
| Quickly Huang & Tran Corp | Elk Grove | Jul 6, 2016 | 11 violations | $587 | 9 | 0 |
| White Hawk Inc | Stockton | Jul 5, 2016 | 2 violations | $3,116 | 1 | 0 |
| My Vi Mi Gia My Vi Mi Gia Restaurant No 2, Inc. | Garden Grove | Jul 3, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A & H Production, Inc. | Santa Ana | Jul 2, 2016 | 3 violations | $1,899 | 1 | 0 |
| Hospital Couriers Corporation | San Pablo | Jul 2, 2016 | 1 violation | $892 | 1 | 0 |
| Lexicon, Inc. Lexicon Consulting, Inc. | San Diego | Jul 1, 2016 | 189 violations | $9,990 | 189 | 0 |
| Norbert's Towing, Inc. | Baldwin Park | Jul 1, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Century Home Care Services | Los Angeles | Jul 1, 2016 | 14 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldos Ristorante and Bar | Los Gatos | Jun 30, 2016 | 27 violations | $12,516 | 25 | 0 |
| Neilmed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Santa Rosa | Jun 30, 2016 | 15 violations | $5,444 | 14 | 0 |
| Leo Flores Farm Labor | Lodi | Jun 30, 2016 | 17 violations | $920 | 10 | $26,376 |
| Willow Glen Residential Care Home | San Jose | Jun 30, 2016 | 2 violations | $234 | 1 | 0 |
| Willow Glen Residential Care Home | San Jose | Jun 30, 2016 | 3 violations | $156 | 2 | 0 |
| Willow Glen Residential Care Home | San Jose | Jun 30, 2016 | 2 violations | $154 | 1 | 0 |
| Willow Glen Residential Care Home | Salinas | Jun 30, 2016 | 3 violations | $133 | 2 | 0 |
| Willow Glen Residential Care Home | Salinas | Jun 30, 2016 | 2 violations | $21 | 1 | 0 |
| Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery | La Jolla | Jun 30, 2016 | 2 violations | $9 | 2 | 0 |
| Skylark Nails Dion Nails Supply Inc. | Garden Grove | Jun 30, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| County of Los Angeles Register Recorder Count | Norwalk | Jun 30, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AlliedBarton Security Services AlliedBarton Security Services, LP aka | Orange | Jun 30, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champcal Estates | Napa | Jun 30, 2016 | 13 violations | 0 | 0 | $22,373 |
| Serenity Living | Fresno | Jun 30, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motel 6 Bhole Shiv Inc | Visalia | Jun 29, 2016 | 3 violations | $1,702 | 1 | 0 |
| Inter-Con Security Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. | Pasadena | Jun 29, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USPS | Santa Rosa | Jun 28, 2016 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diosa Corporation | Los Angeles | Jun 27, 2016 | 2 violations | $1,977 | 1 | 0 |
| Maldonado Vineyard Management | Calistoga | Jun 27, 2016 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,413 |
| Vuzem ISM Vuzem D.o.o | Fremont | Jun 27, 2016 | 254 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phoenix Coatings, Inc. | Sanger | Jun 25, 2016 | 53 violations | $79,715 | 52 | 0 |
| Leslie Motors | Seaside | Jun 24, 2016 | 5 violations | $29,918 | 1 | 0 |
| Strategic Contract Solutions | Roseville | Jun 23, 2016 | 8 violations | $5,140 | 4 | 0 |
| Inserv Company, Inc. | Fairfield | Jun 23, 2016 | 3 violations | $847 | 3 | 0 |
| A and S Recyling A and S Recycling, Inc. | North Hills | Jun 23, 2016 | 3 violations | $770 | 1 | 0 |
| Nationwide Environmental Nationwide Environ & Construction Svcs, Inc. | Rocklin | Jun 23, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Build Rehabilitation Industries | Sylmar | Jun 22, 2016 | 58 violations | $308 | 58 | 0 |
| Exceed Valley Resource Center | Hemet | Jun 22, 2016 | 3 violations | $246 | 3 | 0 |
| Southmark Storage | South Pasadena | Jun 21, 2016 | 2 violations | $72 | 1 | 0 |
| S.B.M Management Services, LLC | South San Francisco | Jun 21, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken Doug Linda #275/Harmon Management | Pittsburg | Jun 21, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crystal Lynn Clothing, LLC | Los Angeles | Jun 20, 2016 | 6 violations | $5,855 | 4 | 0 |
| Panaderia Universal Panaderia y Restaurante LA Universal | Los Angeles | Jun 19, 2016 | 8 violations repeat | $21,610 | 6 | $3,626 |
| Summerfield Homes | Antioch | Jun 18, 2016 | 9 violations | $21,146 | 5 | 0 |
| RDV Construction, Inc | La Puente | Jun 18, 2016 | 118 violations | $18,481 | 110 | 0 |
| Quality Sewing | Los Angeles | Jun 18, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| El Pollo Loco W.K.S. Restaurant Corporation | El Cajon | Jun 16, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| COYOTE VALLEY RESERVATION POLICE DEPARTMENT | Redwood Valley | Jun 15, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Align Med | Santa Ana | Jun 15, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Ocean Product | Fountain Valley | Jun 15, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hope Guest Home- Tretheway | Lockeford | Jun 14, 2016 | 6 violations repeat | $10,020 | 4 | $748 |
| EDCO EDCO Disposal Corp | La Mesa | Jun 14, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tacos y Mariscos Colima | Hanford | Jun 13, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lifecare Services | Los Alamitos | Jun 12, 2016 | 25 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvizia Corporation | San Diego | Jun 11, 2016 | 44 violations | $17,163 | 44 | 0 |
| Jos. A. Bank Jos A Bank Clothiers, Inc. | San Francisco | Jun 11, 2016 | 1 violation | $7,515 | 1 | 0 |
| Basil Thai Cuisine | Huntington Beach | Jun 10, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Vina Packing, Inc. | Soledad | Jun 9, 2016 | 10 violations | $306 | 3 | $8,478 |
| Clonetab, Inc. | Tracy | Jun 8, 2016 | 4 violations | $30,341 | 2 | 0 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Jun 8, 2016 | 14 violations | $2,338 | 5 | $18,673 |
| SO.MO.CO Labor Supply, Inc. | Greenfield | Jun 8, 2016 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,746 |
| Southwest Harvesting Co., Inc. | Salinas | Jun 8, 2016 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,506 |
| Franklin West and Associates | Stanton | Jun 8, 2016 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.M. Farming Jose M. Magallon - Sole Proprietorship | Whittier | Jun 7, 2016 | 87 violations repeat | $9,969 | 40 | $56,122 |
| Nail Garden FUZZY & ASSOCIATES INC. | El Segundo | Jun 7, 2016 | 18 violations | $1,246 | 18 | 0 |
| H.A. Zarlin Construction | San Diego | Jun 7, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ag Unlimited, Inc. | Soledad | Jun 7, 2016 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,788 |
| Ruben Pacheco | Salinas | Jun 7, 2016 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $10,055 |
| Pele Je, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jun 6, 2016 | 27 violations | $39,965 | 13 | 0 |
| Marina Village Inn | Alameda | Jun 6, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interi | Los Angeles | Jun 6, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherish Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jun 6, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Janca Construction | Orange | Jun 4, 2016 | 11 violations | $12,715 | 11 | 0 |
| Allways Recycling Red's Ferrous Metal, Inc. | El Cajon | Jun 3, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rose's Garden Adult Residential | Antioch | Jun 2, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Family Care Home | Antioch | Jun 2, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bright Glow Candle Company | Pomona | Jun 1, 2016 | 52 violations repeat | $31,113 | 51 | $27,729 |
| Hertiage Foods Stremicks Heritage Foods, LLC | Santa Ana | Jun 1, 2016 | 1 violation | $6,282 | 1 | 0 |
| Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. | Pasadena | Jun 1, 2016 | 1 violation | $810 | 1 | 0 |
| TEC Renovations, Inc. The Eternity Challenge, Inc. | Rocklin | Jun 1, 2016 | 35 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmel At Home Services | Reseda | May 31, 2016 | 62 violations | $147,299 | 61 | 0 |
| IBS Retail Inc. | San Bruno | May 31, 2016 | 37 violations | $79,756 | 19 | 0 |
| WMB General Contractors | San Francisco | May 31, 2016 | 1 violation | $3,329 | 1 | 0 |
| Secoya Markets | Ontario | May 31, 2016 | 4 violations | $162 | 2 | 0 |
| Cherry Madamba's Residential Facility | Elk Grove | May 31, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WMB General Contractors | Oakland | May 31, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desert Mist Farms Desert Mist Farms, Inc. & LLC | Coachella | May 28, 2016 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,355 |
| Valley Pride | Coachella | May 28, 2016 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,062 |
| Celebrity Cleaners | Los Angeles | May 27, 2016 | 18 violations | $21,040 | 17 | 0 |
| California Suites Hotel San Diego California Lodge, LLC | San Diego | May 25, 2016 | 2 violations | $72 | 1 | 0 |
| Vita-Pakt Vita-Pakt Citrus Products Co. | Covina | May 25, 2016 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruiz and Sons Farms | El Centro | May 25, 2016 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Rehabilitation Center, Inc. | Hanford | May 24, 2016 | 12 violations | $529 | 12 | 0 |
| Junior Enterprises | Coachella | May 24, 2016 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $2,120 |
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.