2019 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2019: 1,107 cases, 866 with violations found, $14,104,594 in back wages agreed for 9,093 workers, $1,275,374 in penalties. Against 2018 that is a decrease of 48% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2019
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRES HERMANAS | 1 | $1,003,570 | 39 |
| Corona Vineyard Management | 1 | $512,130 | 93 |
| Dynamex (T-FORCE) | 1 | $492,500 | 401 |
| Yaana Technologies, LLC | 1 | $455,439 | 34 |
| CES (Advanced Technology Construction Corp) | 7 | $401,095 | 218 |
| Food Services Inc of Gainesville (FSIG) | 1 | $284,646 | 149 |
| Hand in Hand Home Care | 1 | $242,326 | 266 |
| Stayman Estate | 1 | $225,000 | 25 |
| D.H.R. Construction, Inc. | 1 | $197,900 | 31 |
| Fasone Construction | 1 | $194,111 | 31 |
| Cameron Properties Inc. | 1 | $189,139 | 16 |
| Ohsell, Inc | 1 | $179,884 | 29 |
| Jubless, Inc. | 1 | $159,479 | 26 |
| Triple Canopy, Inc.- CCA | 1 | $154,137 | 227 |
| Anytime Dumping | 1 | $150,239 | 4 |
| Technica LLC | 2 | $147,714 | 46 |
| Ascentt Business Systems | 1 | $147,360 | 7 |
| Triple Canopy, Inc.- NCA | 1 | $140,827 | 262 |
| G-Global Logistics, Inc | 1 | $134,922 | 0 |
| HS Production | 1 | $134,624 | 76 |
| Akima LLC | 1 | $129,045 | 153 |
| Indus Technology, Inc. | 1 | $125,632 | 46 |
| Senior Caring Solutions | 1 | $114,995 | 24 |
| Zio Fraedo's Pleasant Hill | 1 | $108,031 | 9 |
| Fashion | 1 | $104,072 | 31 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and Food Services | 215 | $2,707,584 | 1,181 |
| Manufacturing | 179 | $2,001,246 | 864 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | $1,710,362 | 883 |
| Construction | 116 | $1,650,203 | 1,088 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 101 | $1,550,371 | 1,044 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 64 | $1,359,522 | 997 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 114 | $1,050,990 | 1,704 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 68 | $498,927 | 322 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 38 | $418,949 | 185 |
| Wholesale Trade | 54 | $291,633 | 247 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 2 | $189,139 | 16 |
| Retail Trade | 62 | $188,325 | 89 |
| Finance and Insurance | 10 | $139,667 | 138 |
| 17 | $117,878 | 104 | |
| Information | 11 | $86,972 | 168 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 8 | $62,723 | 14 |
| Educational Services | 7 | $51,438 | 33 |
| Utilities | 4 | $20,804 | 1 |
| Public Administration | 3 | $7,861 | 15 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unique Cleaning Service, Inc | San Francisco | Nov 5, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petalo Fashion Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leyvas USA Inc | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TDI Merchant Group, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steel Craft, Inc. | Compton | Nov 4, 2019 | 13 violations | $23,268 | 4 | 0 |
| Safety Park Corporation | Marina Del Rey | Nov 4, 2019 | 3 violations | $3,475 | 2 | 0 |
| Granite Bay Home | Granite Bay | Nov 4, 2019 | 4 violations | $2,854 | 3 | 0 |
| JM Construction | Los Angeles | Nov 4, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Centers for Elders Independence | Oakland | Nov 4, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IPS International Paving Services | Mentone | Nov 3, 2019 | 55 violations | $41,936 | 28 | 0 |
| After Stitch, Inc | Los Angeles | Nov 3, 2019 | 5 violations | $1,956 | 3 | 0 |
| ARCO H. A. & N Enterprises | Ontario | Nov 3, 2019 | 2 violations | $47 | 1 | 0 |
| Elevate (US) Limted | Oakland | Nov 1, 2019 | 11 violations repeat | $54,121 | 10 | $5,640 |
| Cache Creek Casino Resort | Brooks | Nov 1, 2019 | 47 violations | $7,506 | 19 | $10,475 |
| Bob's Discount Furniture | San Bernardino | Nov 1, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Propose, Inc. | Los Angeles | Nov 1, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coast Grading | Fullerton | Oct 31, 2019 | 22 violations | $14,304 | 21 | 0 |
| JB Plumbing JB Plumbing & Costruction Services, Inc | San Dimas | Oct 31, 2019 | 4 violations | $3,184 | 3 | 0 |
| Gamsa Apparel | Los Angeles | Oct 31, 2019 | 2 violations | $1,319 | 1 | 0 |
| Mr. Clean Maintenance Systems | Bloomington | Oct 31, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tangem Home ARF | Spring Valley | Oct 31, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tangem Guest Home | San Diego | Oct 31, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon Ami Apparel Inc | Los Angeles | Oct 31, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road Runner Taxi, LLC | Grenada | Oct 30, 2019 | 5 violations | $2,586 | 3 | 0 |
| Klaxons dba Factor 73 dba No Loss Than | Los Angeles | Oct 30, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue ButterCup Free Sunshine Apparel Inc | Los Angeles | Oct 30, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarang Fashion, Inc | Los Angeles | Oct 29, 2019 | 18 violations | $61,140 | 12 | 0 |
| Don & Bernie Group, Inc | Los Angeles | Oct 29, 2019 | 12 violations | $31,671 | 9 | 0 |
| Fasone Construction | Santa Fe Springs | Oct 28, 2019 | 46 violations | $194,111 | 31 | 0 |
| Del Conte's Landscaping, Inc. | Fremont | Oct 28, 2019 | 25 violations | $3,670 | 22 | $8,838 |
| Stanley Steemer Stanley Steamer of Los Angeles County, Inc. | Azusa | Oct 28, 2019 | 3 violations | $2,084 | 2 | 0 |
| JNJ Freight Lines, LLC | Elk Grove | Oct 28, 2019 | 2 violations | $1,411 | 2 | 0 |
| H&M Denim Apparel, Inc. | Huntington Park | Oct 28, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RV Concrete, Inc. | Anaheim | Oct 27, 2019 | 3 violations | $7,413 | 2 | 0 |
| Leota Professional Resources | Jolon | Oct 26, 2019 | 2 violations | $491 | 1 | 0 |
| Saigon on Fifth | San Diego | Oct 25, 2019 | 9 violations | $22,106 | 7 | 0 |
| Topia Topia Casual Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 25, 2019 | 9 violations | $3,076 | 4 | 0 |
| Cream N Sugar Cream N Sugar Apparel Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 25, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadie & Sage | Los Angeles | Oct 25, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kanha Castle Winton Pharmacy | Winton | Oct 25, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CACI, Inc - Commercial | Los Angeles | Oct 24, 2019 | 2 violations repeat | $10,942 | 1 | $403 |
| Glamazon L.A. | Los Angeles | Oct 24, 2019 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umma Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 23, 2019 | 34 violations | $48,134 | 20 | 0 |
| Fresh Harvest, Inc. | Heber | Oct 23, 2019 | 110 violations | $38,698 | 109 | 0 |
| Denny's Verax Restaurant Group, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 23, 2019 | 5 violations | $10,797 | 4 | 0 |
| Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. | Pasadena | Oct 23, 2019 | 4 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Eagle Outfitters | Sacramento | Oct 23, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EMJ Bias System, Inc. | Huntington Park | Oct 22, 2019 | 2 violations | $6,896 | 1 | 0 |
| West Coast Customs, Inc. | Burbank | Oct 22, 2019 | 2 violations repeat | $5,584 | 1 | $348 |
| Taco Del Rio | La Puente | Oct 22, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faraday Future Inc. | Gardena | Oct 22, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Cos | Los Angeles | Oct 21, 2019 | 12 violations | $4,369 | 10 | 0 |
| Narabi | Los Angeles | Oct 21, 2019 | 2 violations | $3,231 | 1 | 0 |
| Orange Center School District | Fresno | Oct 21, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Pizza-Carlsbad | Los Angeles | Oct 21, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,842 |
| Seawest Logistics, LLC | Riverside | Oct 20, 2019 | 36 violations | $34,403 | 35 | 0 |
| Elemental Staffing | Ontario | Oct 20, 2019 | 2 violations | $3,184 | 1 | 0 |
| Progressive Home Health & Hospice Care Progressive Home Health and Hospice Care, LLC | Modesto | Oct 19, 2019 | 1 violation | $17,870 | 1 | 0 |
| Dirk Kisiel Construction, Inc. | Woodland Hills | Oct 19, 2019 | 44 violations | $15,571 | 40 | 0 |
| Uribe FLC Inc. | Upper Lake | Oct 18, 2019 | 36 violations | $6,613 | 34 | $3,561 |
| Mariscos German | Escondido | Oct 18, 2019 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phamatech Laboratories & Diagnostic | San Diego | Oct 18, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicked Poke Keith U & Jung Kim | Oceanside | Oct 17, 2019 | 5 violations | $304 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenco Logistic Service | Chino | Oct 16, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hand in Hand Home Care | La Palma | Oct 15, 2019 | 267 violations | $242,326 | 266 | 0 |
| Dye Codes | Los Angeles | Oct 15, 2019 | 8 violations | $8,500 | 7 | 0 |
| Dickeys BBQ | Woodland | Oct 15, 2019 | 8 violations | $3,424 | 7 | 0 |
| Slaven Ranch | Zamora | Oct 15, 2019 | 12 violations | $1,394 | 1 | $6,049 |
| Caltrans California Department of Transportation | Montara | Oct 15, 2019 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Have Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 15, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JP Training JP Training Training Stables LLC | Menlo Park | Oct 14, 2019 | 1 violation | $1,859 | 1 | $1,859 |
| Triple Canopy, Inc.- CCA | Sacramento | Oct 13, 2019 | 269 violations | $154,137 | 227 | 0 |
| Triple Canopy, Inc.- NCA | Sacramento | Oct 13, 2019 | 331 violations | $140,827 | 262 | 0 |
| Lead Builders Inc | Fort Irwin | Oct 13, 2019 | 13 violations | $42,794 | 10 | 0 |
| Silk Thai Cuisine | Huntington Beach | Oct 13, 2019 | 16 violations | $28,916 | 15 | 0 |
| University Square Hotel | Fresno | Oct 11, 2019 | 3 violations | $7,907 | 2 | 0 |
| The Hotel Fresno West Coast Orange Group LLC | Fresno | Oct 11, 2019 | 2 violations | $2,936 | 1 | 0 |
| The Modern Vegan | San Diego | Oct 11, 2019 | 31 violations repeat | $2,337 | 29 | 0 |
| Grand Villa Escondido Senior Care | Escondido | Oct 11, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Fulfillment Services d/b/a Vilorra | Los Angeles | Oct 11, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenega Facilities Chenega Facilities Management, LLC | Fort Irwin | Oct 10, 2019 | 10 violations | $82,501 | 3 | 0 |
| Family Connect Memory Care | Torrance | Oct 10, 2019 | 28 violations | $69,568 | 27 | 0 |
| Blackline Partners, LLC | Ontario | Oct 10, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ACE Home Heating and Air Conditioning | Moreno Valley | Oct 9, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucky Elephant Thai Cuisine | San Dimas | Oct 9, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinless Sewing Sinless Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 8, 2019 | 21 violations repeat | $74,106 | 19 | $5,358 |
| ABM Industry Groups, LLC | West Sacramento | Oct 8, 2019 | 2 violations | $4,284 | 1 | 0 |
| Peach Love, Fantastic Fawn | Los Angeles | Oct 8, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Oaks Hotel The Oaks Hotel Paso Robles, Inc. | Paso Robles | Oct 7, 2019 | 2 violations | $250 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamba Juice SMS Retail Management, LLC | Orange | Oct 7, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai Dara | Dana Point | Oct 6, 2019 | 5 violations | $52,823 | 5 | 0 |
| Thai Dara Thai San Clemente Inc. | San Clemente | Oct 6, 2019 | 7 violations | $27,741 | 7 | 0 |
| Gourmando | Beverly Hills | Oct 6, 2019 | 5 violations | $12,578 | 4 | 0 |
| EZ Deal Trading, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 6, 2019 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eva's Recycling | Fresno | Oct 5, 2019 | 4 violations | $4,504 | 2 | 0 |
| Auntie Anne's Pretzel / Cinnabon | Orange | Oct 5, 2019 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TLD Contractors | Escondido | Oct 4, 2019 | 2 violations | $629 | 1 | 0 |
| Mod Shop Spot International, Inc. | Compton | Oct 4, 2019 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blaze Pizza | Brea | Oct 3, 2019 | 9 violations | $3,000 | 7 | $1,810 |
| Blaze Pizza | Orange | Oct 3, 2019 | 2 violations | $603 | 1 | 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.