Unpaid Wage Cases in Fairbanks, Alaska
Since 2005 the U.S. Department of Labor has found $929K in back wages owed to 708 workers by Fairbanks employers, in 38 cases. Unpaid overtime accounts for 54% of it. The industry with the most back wages is state institutions of higher education.
What workers weren't paid
8 cases involved child labor violations, covering 70 minors.
Industries
Cases with back wages by year
Largest back-wage cases
University of Alaska Statewide Offices - 910 Yukon Drive
$472K in back wages to 228 workers
State Institutions of Higher Education · period investigated Nov 2002–Apr 2005
Aramark 1 Doyon Place, Suite 300
$89,985 in back wages to 199 workers
All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services · period investigated Jan 2007–Oct 2008
Lap of Luxury Cleaning Service PO Box 74929
$87,652 in back wages to 29 workers
Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance · period investigated Nov 2011–Jan 2012
Kcorp 1603 College Rd
$31,767 in back wages to 26 workers
Facilities Support Services · period investigated Apr 2016–Apr 2018
Brooks Range Contract Services Inc 1603 College Road, Suite 2A
$29,584 in back wages to 7 workers
Janitorial Services · period investigated Aug 2008–Aug 2010
Bamboo Panda Family Restaurant, LLC 1235 Airport Way, Suite #3
$28,842 in back wages to 1 worker · $1,037 in penalties
Full-Service Restaurants · period investigated Apr 2021–Jul 2022 · repeat violator: W
McCulloch Commercial Flooring 3224 Lakeview Drive, Bldg. E
$25,170 in back wages to 3 workers
Flooring Contractors · period investigated May 2016–Jul 2016
Brooks Range Contract Services Inc. 1603 College Rd.
$23,872 in back wages to 9 workers
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · period investigated Sep 2015–Sep 2017
KCorp Support Services, Inc 1603 College Rd
$23,235 in back wages to 53 workers
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · period investigated Dec 2012–Jan 2014
Exxel Builders 50 Teresa Turnaround
$15,014 in back wages to 7 workers
Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · period investigated Feb 2017–Feb 2019
Most recent cases
Chenega Base & Logistics Services, LLC period ending May 2025
2 violations, no back wages · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Beckley Mechanical period ending Mar 2025
$5,339 in back wages to 8 workers · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
Yukon Fire Protection Services period ending Jan 2023
$2,402 in back wages to 6 workers · Janitorial Services
Bamboo Panda Family Restaurant, LLC period ending Jul 2022
$28,842 in back wages to 1 worker · $1,037 in penalties · Full-Service Restaurants
Voorhees Concrete Cutting period ending Jun 2021
$23 in back wages to 1 worker · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
KCorp Technology Services, Inc. period ending May 2021
1 violation, no back wages · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
K Corp period ending Feb 2021
$196 in back wages to 1 worker · Facilities Support Services
Total System Services (Fairbanks) period ending Dec 2020
$10,234 in back wages to 7 workers · Facilities Support Services
Miranda Electric, Inc. period ending Dec 2020
1 violation, no back wages · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Taco Azteca period ending Dec 2019
1 violation, no back wages · Full-Service Restaurants
Safeway period ending Oct 2019
$31,441 in penalties · 23 child labor violations · Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
Beaver Sports, Inc period ending Sep 2019
1 violation, no back wages · Sporting Goods Stores
Riverboat Discovery period ending Sep 2019
$2,013 in penalties · 6 child labor violations · All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries
Cookie Jar Restaurant period ending Sep 2019
$671 in penalties · 1 child labor violation · Full-Service Restaurants
Callahan/Watterson Joint Venture period ending Sep 2019
$235 in back wages to 1 worker · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Alcan Builders, Inc period ending Aug 2019
$798 in back wages to 6 workers · Industrial Building Construction
McCulloch Commercial Flooring period ending Feb 2019
1 violation, no back wages · Flooring Contractors
Exxel Builders period ending Feb 2019
$15,014 in back wages to 7 workers · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors
Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market period ending Feb 2019
$456 in back wages to 7 workers · Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores
Brewster's Restaurant period ending Jan 2019
1 violation, no back wages · Full-Service Restaurants
If you weren't paid what you're owed
Federal law requires at least the minimum wage and time-and-a-half for hours over 40 a week for most hourly workers, and many states set higher minimums. You can file a free, confidential complaint with the Wage and Hour Division or your state labor department, and you can also sue to recover unpaid wages, often with an equal amount in damages and your attorney fees. Deadlines are generally two to three years under federal law.
Employment lawyers in Alaska
Lawbamba lists 7 employment lawyers with an office in Alaska, the practice area that deals with the wage theft cases on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division enforcement data (every concluded compliance action since fiscal year 2005), from the DOL Open Data Portal, loaded November 9, 2026. “Back wages” is the amount employers agreed to pay workers after an investigation found they were underpaid; dates are the end of the period the investigation covered. Employer names and addresses are as DOL publishes them. Federal cases only: state labor departments and private lawsuits recover more that isn't counted here.
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