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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corporation | San Jose | Jul 10, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Tender Touch Senior Living | Beaumont | Jul 9, 2025 | 9 violations repeat | $53,151 | 8 | $5,634 |
| Lopez Family Senior Living LLC | West Covina | Jul 9, 2025 | 7 violations repeat | $1,643 | 6 | 0 |
| Teleferic Barcelona LB LLC Teleferic Barcelona Holding USA Corp. | Long Beach | Jul 9, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homestead Liquor & Market | Sunnyvale | Jul 8, 2025 | 3 violations | $6,000 | 1 | 0 |
| House of Grace House of Grace Senior Living, Inc. | West Covina | Jul 8, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Home Living | Hesperia | Jul 8, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Elephant Thai Cuisine | Bakersfield | Jul 6, 2025 | 4 violations | $5,903 | 1 | $975 |
| Market Demand Corp | Los Banos | Jul 5, 2025 | 167 violations | $30,224 | 63 | $8,653 |
| Huntington Catering | South Pasadena | Jul 2, 2025 | 62 violations | $40,258 | 61 | 0 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz The Regents of the University of California | Santa Cruz | Jul 2, 2025 | 2 violations | $1,400 | 1 | 0 |
| Loza 's Wine and Crepes | Ceres | Jul 2, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reach Leadership STEAM Academy | Riverside | Jul 1, 2025 | 56 violations | $27,928 | 55 | 0 |
| EDM Enterprises | Ontario | Jul 1, 2025 | 23 violations | $3,032 | 11 | 0 |
| BLK International, LLC | Calabasas | Jul 1, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jade China Restaurant | Murrieta | Jun 30, 2025 | 4 violations | $4,710 | 2 | 0 |
| AG FORCE Packing, Inc | Calexico | Jun 30, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | $26,258 |
| Quest Diagnostics | Anaheim | Jun 30, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHI Employee Benefit Company | Bakersfield | Jun 29, 2025 | 51 violations | $5,172 | 48 | $7,581 |
| Gabriela Care Home, Inc. | Corona | Jun 27, 2025 | 13 violations repeat | $46,559 | 12 | $10,261 |
| Flaming Grill Burger LLC | Sacramento | Jun 24, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzalez Landscape | Napa | Jun 23, 2025 | 7 violations | $3,698 | 7 | 0 |
| Empire farm labor Empire Farm Labor Contractor, LLC | Salinas | Jun 21, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $2,166 |
| Elkhorn Packing Co., LLC | Salinas | Jun 19, 2025 | 3 violations | $161 | 1 | $6,065 |
| Eurybia Logistics | Azusa | Jun 18, 2025 | 2 violations | $10,267 | 1 | 0 |
| Tacsion's Guest Home | Stockton | Jun 18, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UMG Fashion, Inc. | Los Angeles | Jun 16, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shuntong H Express, Inc | La Puente | Jun 15, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laguna Village RCFE | Elk Grove | Jun 13, 2025 | 35 violations | $215,991 | 27 | 0 |
| Zocalo Restaurant | Folsom | Jun 13, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Custom Teez | Merced | Jun 10, 2025 | 6 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abria Del Cielo MERE ENTERPRISES, INC. | San Bernardino | Jun 5, 2025 | 7 violations repeat | $200,622 | 6 | $5,131 |
| Icon Apparel Inc. | South El Monte | Jun 5, 2025 | 32 violations | $106,750 | 27 | 0 |
| PCA Pacific Clothing America llc | South El Monte | Jun 5, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADCO Drywall and Metal Framing Inc. | Rancho Cordova | Jun 5, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity Power Trinity Construction Enterprises, Inc. | Fresno | Jun 5, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Treat Island Hall Retail Enterprises, LLC | West Covina | Jun 4, 2025 | 3 violations | $29 | 1 | 0 |
| Heritage Farms, LLC | Holtville | Jun 1, 2025 | 13 violations | $2,050 | 10 | $6,281 |
| Triad Logistics Services Triad Logistics Services Corporation | Travis Afb | May 31, 2025 | 7 violations | $4,519 | 6 | 0 |
| Palm Valley Care I | Elk Grove | May 30, 2025 | 7 violations | $70,688 | 7 | 0 |
| META Builders Group Inc. | Los Angeles | May 29, 2025 | 9 violations repeat | $12,257 | 8 | $5,632 |
| Star Donut | Jackson | May 29, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raunak Bazar | Manteca | May 27, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Scott Construction (Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC) | Pleasant Hill | May 25, 2025 | 38 violations | $30,071 | 20 | 0 |
| 7-Eleven Brinderjit Dhillon | Pomona | May 25, 2025 | 3 violations | $4,125 | 1 | 0 |
| The Coca-Cola Company | Ontario | May 24, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackstone Kitchen | Corona | May 21, 2025 | 4 violations repeat | $3,311 | 3 | 0 |
| Copa Vida Copa Vida Cafe, LLC | Pasadena | May 21, 2025 | 12 violations | $679 | 12 | 0 |
| Apr 25 and Dec Apr 25, Inc. and Dec 3, Inc. | Los Angeles | May 20, 2025 | 6 violations repeat | $66,419 | 4 | $3,521 |
| AHP Apparel | South El Monte | May 20, 2025 | 4 violations | $5,800 | 3 | 0 |
| Lefty Production Co. | Los Angeles | May 20, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Amis Concept Creatif, Inc | Los Angeles | May 20, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States Postal Service | West Covina | May 20, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terra Nova Apparel, Inc. | Los Angeles | May 19, 2025 | 5 violations repeat | $3,486 | 3 | $1,056 |
| Kenyon Plastering | Fresno | May 19, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adolfo Rivera | Vallejo | May 19, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quick-Dry Flood Services | Escondido | May 18, 2025 | 4 violations repeat | $12,961 | 3 | $704 |
| Moon Valley Nurseries Moon Valley Nursery of California LLC | Chino | May 17, 2025 | 1 violation | $2,190 | 1 | 0 |
| BlueRock Security, Inc | San Mateo | May 15, 2025 | 1 violation | $8,696 | 1 | 0 |
| Katie May | Los Angeles | May 15, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Show Me Your Mumu | Los Angeles | May 15, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADABYFLY INC | Los Angeles | May 14, 2025 | 7 violations | $33,379 | 5 | 0 |
| Make It Healthy | Camarillo | May 13, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| California State University Long Beach | Long Beach | May 13, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brookhaven Assited Living | Camarillo | May 10, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles County Fire Department | Monterey Park | May 9, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun Imaging, Inc. Julie K. Sun, M.D., Inc. | Monterey Park | May 8, 2025 | 2 violations | $2,364 | 1 | 0 |
| Ohana Home Health Care Services | Dublin | May 8, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crumbl Cookies | Moreno Valley | May 7, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AKNV Inc. | Upland | May 6, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EXP Colors | Orange | May 5, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oceanside Unified School District | Oceanside | May 5, 2025 | 7 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moa Moa, Inc. | Compton | May 5, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OCS Construction Services | Riverside | May 4, 2025 | 5 violations | $21,336 | 5 | 0 |
| Mr. You Express Chinese Food | Riverside | May 3, 2025 | 13 violations | $243,234 | 12 | 0 |
| Lion Farms L.L.C. | Selma | May 3, 2025 | 17 violations | $39,013 | 12 | $89,887 |
| Family Orchards Family Orchards Incorporated | Kingsburg | May 3, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | $1,876 |
| California Health Care Facility | Stockton | May 2, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oasis Vietnamese Cuisine | Pacifica | May 1, 2025 | 9 violations repeat | $7,422 | 7 | $2,915 |
| Testing Two, Inc. | South El Monte | Apr 30, 2025 | 33 violations | $126,119 | 19 | 0 |
| Van Nuys Senior Living, Inc. | Van Nuys | Apr 30, 2025 | 2 violations repeat | $37,623 | 1 | $704 |
| Uber | San Francisco | Apr 30, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forever Sarahs Elderly Care Corp | Santa Rosa | Apr 30, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KKP Inc. | South El Monte | Apr 30, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | Torrance | Apr 30, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Savant of Burbank East | Burbank | Apr 30, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Good Night John Boy | San Diego | Apr 30, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moon Valley Nurseries | Fillmore | Apr 29, 2025 | 25 violations | $157,583 | 22 | $52,634 |
| Covenant Aviation Security | Burlingame | Apr 29, 2025 | 1 violation | $951 | 1 | 0 |
| R.C. Stitches | South El Monte | Apr 29, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jinsuo | South El Monte | Apr 29, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J3 Enterprise | Glendale | Apr 27, 2025 | 241 violations | $41,578 | 120 | 0 |
| Chaparo (formerly Fashion Bora) | Los Angeles | Apr 27, 2025 | 1 violation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency | San Francisco | Apr 27, 2025 | 3 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FedE Federal Express Corporation | Bloomington | Apr 25, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JetBlue Airways | Los Angeles | Apr 25, 2025 | 2 violations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Central Coast Officials Association | Lompoc | Apr 24, 2025 | 15 violations | $3,849 | 14 | 0 |
| County of Ventura Human Services Agency | Simi Valley | Apr 23, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Innovative Senior Care | Palm Desert | Apr 21, 2025 | no violations found | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ACME Integrated Services | Walnut Creek | Apr 18, 2025 | 3 violations | $3,823 | 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.