2025 in numbers
Wage and Hour Division investigations of California employers closed in 2025: 369 cases, 289 with violations found, $9,583,189 in back wages agreed for 3,900 workers, $871,691 in penalties. Against 2024 that is a decrease of 36% in back wages.
Biggest back-wage cases of 2025
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palomino Residential Care | 1 | $601,275 | 10 |
| Creative Living Options | 1 | $535,297 | 145 |
| A-Chau Sandwhich and Deli | 1 | $500,256 | 6 |
| Secure Transportation | 1 | $499,007 | 318 |
| TKB Bakery & Deli | 1 | $476,228 | 136 |
| The Cut and Sew Co. Inc. | 1 | $468,073 | 113 |
| SCA General Contracting Inc. | 1 | $307,406 | 137 |
| C&J Cox Corp/ Bayarea Oil Ops. Mgmt. Inc. | 1 | $289,731 | 125 |
| Lindley Assisted Living, Lindley Residential Care, Your Home Assisted Livin | 1 | $250,000 | 8 |
| Mr. You Express Chinese Food | 1 | $243,234 | 12 |
| Liberty Towing Inc | 1 | $218,984 | 32 |
| Laguna Village RCFE | 1 | $215,991 | 27 |
| Abria Del Cielo | 1 | $200,622 | 6 |
| Supply Chain Management | 1 | $190,418 | 52 |
| Crispy Pork Gang and Grill | 1 | $180,098 | 14 |
| Moon Valley Nurseries | 2 | $159,773 | 23 |
| Digna's Care Home | 1 | $153,776 | 10 |
| S&K Mini Mart | 1 | $130,846 | 31 |
| SKL Industries, LLC. | 1 | $126,847 | 170 |
| JSD Production, Inc. | 1 | $126,681 | 17 |
| Testing Two, Inc. | 1 | $126,119 | 19 |
| Emerald Isle Assisted Living | 1 | $112,545 | 19 |
| Icon Apparel Inc. | 1 | $106,750 | 27 |
| JB Mobile Detailing | 1 | $105,577 | 10 |
| Fast N Esy | 1 | $91,759 | 12 |
By industry
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 87 | $3,248,509 | 838 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 60 | $1,785,425 | 497 |
| Manufacturing | 38 | $1,055,349 | 249 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 31 | $866,212 | 399 |
| Construction | 24 | $745,952 | 477 |
| Retail Trade | 16 | $533,479 | 208 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 29 | $454,944 | 327 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 34 | $412,336 | 690 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 7 | $164,862 | 61 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 7 | $130,440 | 20 |
| Educational Services | 6 | $71,613 | 2 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 2 | $48,300 | 16 |
| Wholesale Trade | 5 | $29,981 | 51 |
| 8 | $28,113 | 56 | |
| Public Administration | 10 | $5,353 | 8 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 3 | $2,321 | 1 |
| Information | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Finance and Insurance | 1 | $0 | 0 |
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| Employer | City | Case closed | Findings | Back wages | Workers paid | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKL Industries, LLC. | Murrieta | Dec 31, 2025 | 186 violations repeat | $126,847 | 170 | $11,971 |
| AOG Resources, LLC | Redondo Beach | Dec 29, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Springville | Baldwin Park | Dec 28, 2025 | 11 violations repeat | $64,849 | 11 | $9,406 |
| Inland Builders Group Inc | Lake Elsinore | Dec 21, 2025 | 20 violations | $16,908 | 17 | 0 |
| Union Bar LLC | Pasadena | Dec 19, 2025 | 2 violations repeat | $2,701 | 1 | 0 |
| Global Security Management Agency | Stockton | Dec 19, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SAR TECH LLC | Fremont | Dec 18, 2025 | 2 violations | $11,814 | 1 | $887 |
| San Ysidro Health San Ysidro Health Community Services, Inc. | Alpine | Dec 12, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Steak & Fries (Culver City) | Los Angeles | Dec 11, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terner Home | Mission Hills | Dec 9, 2025 | 2 violations repeat | $14,945 | 2 | $1,408 |
| Victoria's Place, Inc | Antioch | Dec 4, 2025 | 19 violations repeat | $6,032 | 18 | $3,420 |
| Chichen Itza Restaurant Chichen Itza Food Services, Inc | Los Angeles | Dec 3, 2025 | 5 violations repeat | $51,825 | 4 | $1,710 |
| Jay's Gourmet Seafood & Pizza | Carlsbad | Dec 3, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Cheesecake Factory | Agoura Hills | Dec 2, 2025 | 2 violations | $2,317 | 1 | 0 |
| Family Services Association | Moreno Valley | Dec 2, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glory To The Lord Investments Inc. dba SCM | Oxnard | Dec 1, 2025 | 8 violations | $48,757 | 8 | 0 |
| SCA General Contracting Inc. | Newport Beach | Nov 30, 2025 | 218 violations repeat | $307,406 | 137 | $4,024 |
| DT Professional Services | Moorpark | Nov 30, 2025 | 12 violations | $36,470 | 11 | 0 |
| Rancho 135 Ponciano Martinez | Santa Maria | Nov 30, 2025 | 5 violations | $1,797 | 2 | $10,830 |
| Walt Disney Family Museum | San Francisco | Nov 29, 2025 | 2 violations repeat | $44,451 | 2 | 0 |
| Bains Farming LP | Yuba City | Nov 29, 2025 | 91 violations | $34,635 | 44 | $9,574 |
| Advanced Software Design | San Ramon | Nov 14, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Villages of California | Orange | Nov 13, 2025 | 4 violations | $34,072 | 2 | $2,009 |
| Chi Chi LA Don Holdings, Inc. | Los Angeles | Oct 31, 2025 | 6 violations | $2,327 | 6 | 0 |
| Redwood Valley Vineyards Martha E. Barra, as Trustee of Survivor's Trust created under Charles L. Barra & Martha E. Barra Living Trust | Redwood Valley | Oct 17, 2025 | 13 violations | $12,441 | 11 | $2,437 |
| Magana Labor Services | Fillmore | Oct 15, 2025 | 75 violations | $2,641 | 72 | $6,064 |
| ABBA Project Management | San Diego | Oct 1, 2025 | 27 violations | $28,024 | 16 | 0 |
| John J Eisinger DDS | Monterey | Sep 30, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California Turf and Landscaping | Clovis | Sep 30, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TKB Bakery & Deli | Indio | Sep 29, 2025 | 137 violations | $476,228 | 136 | 0 |
| Beyond Brighter Minds | Canoga Park | Sep 26, 2025 | 1 violation | $366 | 1 | 0 |
| Legacy Assisted Living | Hemet | Sep 25, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monarca Landscape Inc | Duarte | Sep 24, 2025 | 9 violations repeat | $34,364 | 8 | 0 |
| Little Brook Care Home #1 LLC | Fair Oaks | Sep 23, 2025 | 9 violations repeat | $18,680 | 8 | $5,634 |
| The Cut and Sew Co. Inc. | Fullerton | Sep 21, 2025 | 228 violations repeat | $468,073 | 113 | $10,000 |
| Monaco?s Pizza Monaco?s Pizza & Italian Restaurant | Rancho Cucamonga | Sep 19, 2025 | 22 violations repeat | $7,928 | 16 | $38,334 |
| Lin Lines dba Anderson Travel Service | Palm Springs | Sep 16, 2025 | 15 violations repeat | $17,621 | 14 | $11,971 |
| Costco Wholesale Costco Wholesale Corporation | Los Angeles | Sep 12, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pactiv Evergreen Evergreen Packaging, LLC | Turlock | Sep 11, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunan Style | Davis | Sep 9, 2025 | 4 violations repeat | $13,978 | 3 | $2,113 |
| Dental Nimesh N. Patel, D.D.S., Inc. | Irvine | Sep 8, 2025 | 3 violations repeat | $552 | 2 | $704 |
| USPS | Sylmar | Sep 4, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CA Dept of Corrections and Rehabilition | Elk Grove | Sep 3, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Sentinel Group | Santa Ana | Sep 2, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supply Chain Management Glory To The Lord Investments, Inc | Oxnard | Aug 31, 2025 | 53 violations | $190,418 | 52 | 0 |
| Golden Yard Inc | Hayward | Aug 31, 2025 | 12 violations repeat | $62,851 | 12 | 0 |
| Hadley Tow Hadley Towing Equipment Inc. | Costa Mesa | Aug 31, 2025 | 2 violations repeat | 0 | 0 | $2,515 |
| Montecito Oakmont Senior Living | Concord | Aug 30, 2025 | 19 violations repeat | $2,178 | 19 | $2,012 |
| Vel Packer & Harvest | Calexico | Aug 28, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $11,254 |
| The Hiller New England Fire Protection | San Diego | Aug 28, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GEO Group THE GEO GROUP, INC | Bakersfield | Aug 26, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bad Form Inc. | Los Angeles | Aug 24, 2025 | 3 violations | $80 | 1 | 0 |
| Inter-Con Security Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. | Pasadena | Aug 22, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Red Bluff | Aug 11, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caritas LLC Brandy Wood Homes | Lemon Grove | Aug 7, 2025 | 19 violations repeat | $39,489 | 18 | $7,696 |
| Heritage Senior Home Care | La Verne | Aug 7, 2025 | 3 violations | $33,320 | 2 | 0 |
| Guadalajara Grill Taco Shop | Visalia | Aug 6, 2025 | 14 violations repeat | $19,091 | 13 | $4,577 |
| Baxter-Leyva Adult Facility, LLC | Porterville | Aug 6, 2025 | 16 violations | $9,575 | 12 | 0 |
| Sherrill Morris Care Homes | Porterville | Aug 5, 2025 | 4 violations | $1,312 | 3 | 0 |
| Foothill Aids Project | Claremont | Aug 5, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moonlight Packing Company | Kerman | Aug 5, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S&K Mini Mart | Madera | Aug 4, 2025 | 32 violations repeat | $130,846 | 31 | $12,825 |
| CES (Advanced Technology Construction Corp) | Auburn | Aug 2, 2025 | 14 violations | $56,150 | 14 | 0 |
| Department of Public Health | Sacramento | Aug 1, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chocolate Fish Coffee Roasters | Sacramento | Jul 31, 2025 | 48 violations | $24,181 | 48 | $5,760 |
| Secureplus Services, Inc | Encino | Jul 31, 2025 | 3 violations repeat | $17,840 | 2 | $1,761 |
| Riverwalk Surgery Center | Riverside | Jul 27, 2025 | 5 violations | $20,533 | 5 | $3,520 |
| Heavy Motions | Ontario | Jul 25, 2025 | 3 violations | $179 | 2 | 0 |
| The Estate Home | Camarillo | Jul 25, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Manor II Genesis Health Care Inc | Claremont | Jul 24, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Ysidro Health San Ysidro Health Community Services, Inc. | Alpine | Jul 24, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Company - Cat Construction | Riverside | Jul 24, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Carniceria Colima | Fresno | Jul 22, 2025 | 33 violations repeat | $4,941 | 32 | $5,340 |
| Lecavalier Cellars LLC | Penryn | Jul 22, 2025 | 3 violations | $2,316 | 2 | $4,787 |
| Hertz Hertz Local Edition | Apple Valley | Jul 22, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doorways Supported Living of Orange County | Irvine | Jul 22, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JSD Production, Inc. | South El Monte | Jul 21, 2025 | 33 violations | $126,681 | 17 | 0 |
| La La Land Creative Company, LLC | Los Angeles | Jul 21, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Happy Veggie Aina Balzhinimaeva LLC | Redondo Beach | Jul 21, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 Gas Circle K ProWash Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | Jul 20, 2025 | 4 violations repeat | $5,285 | 4 | $2,565 |
| ADKT LA | Los Angeles | Jul 20, 2025 | 2 violations | $1,174 | 2 | 0 |
| LTP Modern Machine | Cypress | Jul 18, 2025 | 35 violations repeat | $56,321 | 34 | $855 |
| Heritage Residential Home Care | Claremont | Jul 18, 2025 | 4 violations | $33,320 | 3 | 0 |
| Avocado Corporation of America | Escondido | Jul 18, 2025 | 5 violations | 0 | 0 | $19,277 |
| Kalesa Barzaga, Inc. | Milpitas | Jul 17, 2025 | 27 violations | $53,037 | 26 | 0 |
| Boavista Farms Boavista Harvest, Inc. | Santa Maria | Jul 17, 2025 | 42 violations | $4,170 | 37 | $31,840 |
| Bank of America Bank of America National Association | San Francisco | Jul 17, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendoza Bros. Harvesting | Santa Maria | Jul 17, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | $4,549 |
| Valley Transport Refrigeration Mitchell's Transport Refrigeration Company | Stockton | Jul 16, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palomino Residential Care | Monterey Park | Jul 15, 2025 | 19 violations repeat | $601,275 | 10 | 0 |
| J & T Corporate Inc | Garden Grove | Jul 15, 2025 | 6 violations repeat | $19,132 | 5 | $3,521 |
| Camino Real Foods | Los Angeles | Jul 15, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K&K General Contractors | Concord | Jul 15, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santillan Farms | Santa Maria | Jul 15, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $11,263 |
| Access Multilingual Services Inc | Los Angeles | Jul 15, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jes Courier Inc. | Gardena | Jul 14, 2025 | 3 violations | $166 | 2 | 0 |
| A-Chau Sandwhich and Deli | San Diego | Jul 13, 2025 | 7 violations repeat | $500,256 | 6 | $4,224 |
| CF Farming | Valley Center | Jul 12, 2025 | 6 violations | $70 | 1 | $24,259 |
| Allied Universal Security Services | Riverside | Jul 11, 2025 | 2 violations | $1,114 | 1 | 0 |
| Gen Korean BBQ House | Torrance | Jul 10, 2025 | no violations found | 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.