Unpaid Wage Cases in Pasadena, California
Since 2005 the U.S. Department of Labor has found $2.9M in back wages owed to 2,060 workers by Pasadena employers, in 77 cases. Unpaid overtime accounts for 58% of it. The industry with the most back wages is nursing care facilities.
What workers weren't paid
3 cases involved child labor violations, covering 3 minors.
Industries
Cases with back wages by year
Largest back-wage cases
Legacy Health Care Center 1570 N Fair Oaks
$378K in back wages to 217 workers
Nursing Care Facilities · period investigated Jan 2020–Jan 2020
Corpuz Pineda Staffing Services, Inc. 285 Barthe Dr.
$260K in back wages to 73 workers
Home Health Care Services · period investigated Mar 2020–Mar 2022
Wackenhut 4800 Oak Grove Dr.
$257K in back wages to 72 workers
Space Research and Technology · period investigated Jul 2005–Jul 2006
Touching Lives 2316 Crystal Lane
$159K in back wages to 34 workers
Other Residential Care Facilities · period investigated Dec 2011–Dec 2013
Maggies Dress Shop 884 N Fairoaks Avenue
$154K in back wages to 67 workers
Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors · period investigated Jul 1998–Dec 2000 · repeat violator: W
Parsons 100 W. Walnut St.
$152K in back wages to 23 workers
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · period investigated Nov 2011–May 2013
Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. 210 S. Delancy Ave
$112K in back wages to 220 workers
Security Systems Services · period investigated Mar 2008–Sep 2008
Entre Nous French Bistro 119 W Green St
$107K in back wages to 18 workers · $2,304 in penalties
Full-Service Restaurants · period investigated Jan 2020–Jan 2023
Pacific Custom Pools, Inc. 265 N Vinedo Ave
$105K in back wages to 13 workers
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · period investigated May 2016–May 2018
Lucky Car Wash 3698 E. Colorado Boulevard
$87,657 in back wages to 44 workers · $4,114 in penalties
Car Washes · period investigated Aug 2010–Aug 2013 · repeat violator: W
Most recent cases
Inter-Con Security Systems period ending Apr 2026
$3,236 in back wages to 45 workers · $6,288 in penalties · Security Guards and Patrol Services
Union Bar LLC period ending Dec 2025
$2,701 in back wages to 1 worker · Full-Service Restaurants
Inter-Con Security period ending Aug 2025
1 violation, no back wages · Security Guards and Patrol Services
Copa Vida period ending May 2025
$679 in back wages to 12 workers · Limited-Service Restaurants
Tetra Tech period ending Apr 2025
$236 in back wages to 1 worker · All Other Waste Management Services
Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. period ending May 2024
$174 in back wages to 1 worker · Security Guards and Patrol Services
Entre Nous French Bistro period ending Jan 2023
$107K in back wages to 18 workers · $2,304 in penalties · Full-Service Restaurants
Corpuz Pineda Staffing Services, Inc. period ending Mar 2022
$260K in back wages to 73 workers · Home Health Care Services
Noodle St Pasadena period ending Oct 2021
$470 in back wages to 2 workers · Full-Service Restaurants
Legacy Healthcare period ending Mar 2021
$1,363 in back wages to 4 workers · Nursing Care Facilities
Parsons Government Services period ending Nov 2020
$25,338 in back wages to 5 workers · Engineering Services
Aamco Transmissions period ending Oct 2020
1 violation, no back wages · Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance
Paragon Systems, Inc. period ending Oct 2020
$8,736 in back wages to 39 workers · Security Guards and Patrol Services
Conrads Restaurants Inc. period ending Aug 2020
$5,914 in back wages to 1 worker · Full-Service Restaurants
Pasadena Gardening Services period ending May 2020
$720 in back wages to 1 worker · Landscaping Services
Legacy Health Care Center period ending Jan 2020
$378K in back wages to 217 workers · Nursing Care Facilities
Prime Electric Distributors period ending Nov 2019
$8,291 in back wages to 10 workers · Electrical Apparatus and Equipment, Wiring Supplies, and Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. period ending Oct 2019
4 violations, no back wages · Security Guards and Patrol Services
Green Dot Corporation period ending Apr 2019
$3,799 in back wages to 2 workers · Commercial Banking
Camellia Gardens Care Center period ending Jan 2019
$62,846 in back wages to 92 workers · Local Hospitals
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.
Labor and employment lawyers in Pasadena
Lawbamba lists 3 labor and employment lawyers with an office in Pasadena, California, the practice area that deals with the wage theft cases on this page. These 3 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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