2022 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2022: 688 cases, 542 with violations found, $21,335,531 in back wages agreed for 15,339 workers, $3,381,955 in penalties. Against 2021 that is an increase of 28% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2022
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alorica | 1 | $3,193,839 | 3,174 |
| John Muir Health | 1 | $2,378,670 | 3,519 |
| G 1 Towing | 1 | $764,863 | 44 |
| Romeros Food Products, Inc. | 1 | $650,000 | 29 |
| WET | 1 | $645,828 | 156 |
| Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC | 1 | $513,118 | 505 |
| Brisbane's Guest Home | 1 | $483,186 | 11 |
| Lowery-Pena Construction Company | 2 | $413,051 | 49 |
| La Estrella Tacos & Seafood | 2 | $412,203 | 102 |
| Owl, Transportation | 1 | $385,770 | 152 |
| Blue Knight Security & Patrol | 1 | $313,045 | 54 |
| Best Living Care | 1 | $297,885 | 138 |
| Baja Freight Forwarders | 1 | $285,752 | 40 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | $269,427 | 125 |
| Corpuz Pineda Staffing Services, Inc. | 1 | $260,060 | 73 |
| Speedy Safe and Sure Logistics, LLC | 1 | $250,699 | 18 |
| The Rodin Group Inc | 1 | $240,679 | 117 |
| Peer Home | 1 | $229,272 | 25 |
| El Favorito Taqueria | 1 | $228,639 | 64 |
| Celebrations Party Rentals & Tents | 1 | $228,213 | 9 |
| Visionary Lifestyles LLC | 1 | $225,436 | 79 |
| First Quality Painting | 1 | $217,000 | 475 |
| Five R's Inc. | 1 | $208,420 | 7 |
| Sunlife Farm, Inc | 1 | $189,101 | 91 |
| Creative Living Solutions Inc | 1 | $186,736 | 23 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 82 | $4,220,605 | 1,143 |
| Information | 7 | $3,203,424 | 3,195 |
| 2 | $2,378,670 | 3,519 | |
| Manufacturing | 130 | $2,043,710 | 929 |
| Construction | 91 | $1,934,274 | 1,212 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 113 | $1,917,330 | 1,080 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 70 | $1,755,581 | 2,276 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 27 | $1,389,893 | 171 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 56 | $1,284,873 | 1,199 |
| Wholesale Trade | 17 | $674,655 | 161 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 12 | $130,953 | 42 |
| Finance and Insurance | 5 | $115,969 | 80 |
| Retail Trade | 39 | $104,722 | 238 |
| Educational Services | 4 | $99,356 | 42 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 6 | $51,177 | 15 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 11 | $23,218 | 32 |
| Public Administration | 7 | $3,499 | 3 |
| 2 | $1,920 | 1 | |
| 3 | $1,702 | 1 | |
| 1 | $0 | 0 | |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Utilities | 1 | $0 | 0 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke World Tobacco, Inc. | Santa Monica | Sep 13, 2022 | 12 violations repeat | $8,515 | 10 | $1,660 |
| Chowking Tokyo Teriyaki Corporation | West Covina | Sep 13, 2022 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | $11,074 |
| Baltazar Construction Inc. | Covina | Sep 13, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Best Living Care | San Leandro | Sep 12, 2022 | 218 violations repeat | $297,885 | 138 | $111,366 |
| Olympic Golf Zone | Buena Park | Sep 12, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Robles Regional Medical Center | Thousand Oaks | Sep 12, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hovjan Construction Corp | Sacramento | Sep 12, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Providence Facey Medical Group Facey Medical Group, A Medical Corporation In | Valencia | Sep 7, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coit Cleaning and Restoration | Burlingame | Sep 7, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthworkersbyzips.com | Los Angeles | Sep 6, 2022 | 2 violations | $12,810 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Brothers Construction | Sacramento | Sep 6, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Sewing Inc. | El Monte | Sep 2, 2022 | 28 violations | $98,583 | 13 | 0 |
| PJ Harlow Dream Wear | Orange | Sep 2, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kash Kash Apparel, LLC | Los Angeles | Sep 2, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dough Zone Dough Zone NCA02 LLC | Cupertino | Sep 1, 2022 | 22 violations | $2,953 | 21 | 0 |
| LOS PANCHOS RESTAURANT G&A Fernandez Mexican Restaurant Inc. | Pleasant Hill | Sep 1, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheesetella Preston Charles Group, Inc. | Buena Park | Sep 1, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $1,980 |
| Serrano Guest Home & Home Sweet Home Assisted | Elk Grove | Aug 31, 2022 | 7 violations repeat | $51,965 | 6 | $3,990 |
| DeGuzman Care and Support Inc | San Jose | Aug 31, 2022 | 18 violations repeat | $27,484 | 17 | $13,719 |
| JSI Door , Inc. | El Cajon | Aug 31, 2022 | 5 violations | $24,210 | 4 | 0 |
| Allied Universal Universal Legal Service, LLP | San Jose | Aug 31, 2022 | 2 violations repeat | $1,201 | 1 | $1,187 |
| TMSO, Inc. | Upland | Aug 28, 2022 | 38 violations | $22,980 | 36 | 0 |
| Ding Tea Ding Tea Time, LLC. | Buena Park | Aug 28, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedars-Sinai Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | Aug 28, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Rodin Group Inc | Burbank | Aug 26, 2022 | 118 violations repeat | $240,679 | 117 | $55,042 |
| Pepboys The Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack of CA LLC | Anaheim | Aug 26, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fresh Harvest, Inc. | Heber | Aug 25, 2022 | 427 violations | $100,000 | 228 | $38,660 |
| Allied Universal Universal Security Services, LP | San Jose | Aug 25, 2022 | 1 violation | $276 | 1 | 0 |
| Country Inn & Suites by Radisson | Vallejo | Aug 24, 2022 | 6 violations | $1,211 | 4 | 0 |
| Harper Construction | San Diego | Aug 24, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gam Saro | Los Angeles | Aug 23, 2022 | 3 violations | $8,630 | 1 | 0 |
| Julies In Home Care | Beaumont | Aug 20, 2022 | 8 violations repeat | $13,005 | 7 | $4,319 |
| CES (Advanced Technology Construction Corp) | Thousand Oaks | Aug 20, 2022 | 5 violations | $2,906 | 5 | 0 |
| Valley Pipeline Services, Inc | Palm Desert | Aug 20, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brothers Best Labor | Santa Maria | Aug 19, 2022 | 298 violations | $57,236 | 99 | $19,170 |
| Allied Universal Allied Protection Service, LP | Ontario | Aug 19, 2022 | 2 violations repeat | $2,561 | 1 | $1,101 |
| Allied Security Universal Protection Services LP | Concord | Aug 18, 2022 | 1 violation | $151 | 1 | 0 |
| Sierra Del Tigre Farms | Santa Maria | Aug 17, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Harvesters CHI Employment Services Company | Bakersfield | Aug 16, 2022 | 304 violations | $126,613 | 147 | $26,385 |
| Gaviota Sewing, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 16, 2022 | 2 violations | $6,811 | 1 | 0 |
| Premier Outdoor Builders | Brea | Aug 15, 2022 | 16 violations repeat | $8,131 | 14 | $11,634 |
| Le Fortuna | Los Angeles | Aug 15, 2022 | 4 violations | $6,589 | 3 | 0 |
| Freshway Farms LLC. | Santa Maria | Aug 15, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,139 |
| Protein Lab At the Source, Inc. | Buena Park | Aug 15, 2022 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $3,960 |
| MWC Group, Inc. | Phelan | Aug 14, 2022 | 58 violations | $15,269 | 16 | 0 |
| Vanity Maids | Temecula | Aug 14, 2022 | 8 violations | $14,160 | 7 | 0 |
| Rancho Nuevo Harvesting | Santa Maria | Aug 14, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $13,555 |
| Yermo Inc | Yermo | Aug 12, 2022 | 6 violations repeat | $4,799 | 4 | $2,660 |
| Dywidag Systems Dywidag Systems International | Long Beach | Aug 11, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jett Harvest, Inc. | Calexico | Aug 10, 2022 | 3 violations | $9,720 | 1 | $10,624 |
| Sensient Natural Ingredients | Turlock | Aug 10, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $10,624 |
| Ganesha Indian Cuisine Sweets & Catering | Santa Clara | Aug 10, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EL TAURINO EL TAURINO RESTAURANT, INC. | Los Angeles | Aug 9, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cresent Bistro | Pleasant Hill | Aug 9, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marina Landscape, Inc | Orange | Aug 8, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wahoo International, Inc. | Vista | Aug 6, 2022 | 7 violations repeat | $23,678 | 6 | $3,990 |
| Leyen Food | La Puente | Aug 5, 2022 | 56 violations repeat | $122,500 | 55 | $25,000 |
| Hacienda Heights Pizza Company | Hacienda Heights | Aug 4, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $514 |
| Gala Fashion, Inc | Los Angeles | Aug 3, 2022 | 10 violations | $43,322 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumplings N More | San Diego | Aug 3, 2022 | 32 violations | $12,610 | 31 | 0 |
| Instaguard Security Services | Sherman Oaks | Aug 3, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urban Episode, Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 3, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minette Apparel | Los Angeles | Aug 3, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretty Knit | Los Angeles | Aug 3, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sr Taquito Senor Taquito Inc. | Escondido | Aug 2, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silicon Valley Cleaners | San Jose | Aug 1, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowery-Pena Construction Company | Manteca | Jul 31, 2022 | 49 violations | $413,051 | 49 | 0 |
| Kingsbourgh Atlas Tree Surgery | Santa Rosa | Jul 31, 2022 | 189 violations repeat | $96,969 | 188 | $26,572 |
| Sciolex Corporation | Laguna Niguel | Jul 31, 2022 | 17 violations | $26,562 | 16 | 0 |
| Lowery-Pena Construction Company | Manteca | Jul 31, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xclusiv Services, LLC | Whittier | Jul 30, 2022 | 88 violations repeat | $131,177 | 85 | $61,922 |
| Monica's Riverview | Antioch | Jul 30, 2022 | 9 violations | $38,101 | 7 | 0 |
| Edible Arrangements | San Jose | Jul 30, 2022 | 8 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B & R Road Service/ B & R Tires Inc. | Fontana | Jul 29, 2022 | 12 violations repeat | $72,168 | 11 | $6,787 |
| Exabeam | San Mateo | Jul 29, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safeway | Menlo Park | Jul 28, 2022 | 3 violations | $3,920 | 1 | 0 |
| Grace Legal Group, Inc | Los Angeles | Jul 28, 2022 | 2 violations | $1,920 | 1 | 0 |
| Allied Universal Allied Universal Security Services | South San Francisco | Jul 28, 2022 | 2 violations repeat | $861 | 1 | $1,187 |
| Jeremy Bolt and Anoja Bolt | Los Angeles | Jul 28, 2022 | 3 violations | $571 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Stars | Hawthorne | Jul 28, 2022 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justar Fashion | South El Monte | Jul 27, 2022 | 38 violations | $145,290 | 32 | 0 |
| Guajillo Restaurant | Huntington Park | Jul 27, 2022 | 16 violations repeat | $22,184 | 15 | $5,985 |
| Kids Kingdom | San Francisco | Jul 26, 2022 | 6 violations | $13,791 | 4 | 0 |
| Universal Site Services | Milpitas | Jul 26, 2022 | 4 violations | $29 | 1 | $10,664 |
| Pancake Corner | South Gate | Jul 26, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olam Spices and Vegetables, Inc. | Fresno | Jul 26, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $5,312 |
| U.S. Postal Service | Isleton | Jul 26, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raya's Paradise | Los Angeles | Jul 24, 2022 | 38 violations repeat | $17,754 | 37 | $5,649 |
| Data Installers Inc. | Los Angeles | Jul 23, 2022 | 18 violations | $6,974 | 5 | 0 |
| Solher Iron Inc | San Francisco | Jul 22, 2022 | 22 violations repeat | $43,496 | 19 | $13,869 |
| Golden Bowl | Long Beach | Jul 22, 2022 | 5 violations repeat | $10,276 | 4 | $2,468 |
| Sakura Noodle | Los Angeles | Jul 22, 2022 | 2 violations | $2,790 | 1 | 0 |
| Hard Passion GT, Inc | Downey | Jul 22, 2022 | 2 violations | $1,596 | 1 | 0 |
| Claim Jumper | La Mesa | Jul 22, 2022 | 1 violation | $147 | 1 | 0 |
| Wafflecomb, LLC | Santa Clarita | Jul 22, 2022 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | $6,895 |
| AllCells | Alameda | Jul 21, 2022 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J&M Transmission, Inc. | Tracy | Jul 20, 2022 | 7 violations repeat | $10,744 | 5 | $3,325 |
| Clark Dietrich Building Systems Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems, LLC. | Jurupa Valley | Jul 20, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Openway Homecare & Staffing | San Bernardino | Jul 20, 2022 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| El Marinero Mexican Restaurant | La Puente | Jul 19, 2022 | 2 violations | $2,983 | 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.