Unpaid Wage Cases in Sunnyvale, California
Since 2005 the U.S. Department of Labor has found $1.7M in back wages owed to 906 workers by Sunnyvale employers, in 60 cases. Unpaid overtime accounts for 52% of it. The industry with the most back wages is residential building construction.
What workers weren't paid
9 cases involved child labor violations, covering 29 minors.
Industries
Cases with back wages by year
Largest back-wage cases
Siliconsage Builders 560 S Mathilda Ave
$220K in back wages to 134 workers
Residential Building Construction · period investigated Jun 2020–Aug 2020
Sierra Circuits, Inc. 1108 W. Evelyn Ave.
$153K in back wages to 33 workers · $18,150 in penalties
Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing · period investigated Mar 2011–Mar 2014 · repeat violator: RW
Arrayit Corporation 927 Thompson Place
$138K in back wages to 3 workers · $924 in penalties
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing · period investigated Jan 2013–Jan 2016 · repeat violator: W
Lozano Car Wash 610 Grape Ave
$100K in back wages to 107 workers
Car Washes · period investigated Dec 2006–Dec 2008
Japan Relocation 150 Mathilda Place Suite 204
$69,987 in back wages to 14 workers
Other Activities Related to Real Estate · period investigated Aug 2010–Aug 2012
Willie Care Home 1194 South Mary Avenue
$64,183 in back wages to 14 workers
Homes for the Elderly · period investigated Oct 2009–Oct 2011
Bloomenergy 1299 Orleans Drive
$63,845 in back wages to 14 workers · $6,160 in penalties
Other Electric Power Generation · period investigated Nov 2010–Nov 2012 · repeat violator: W
Wok's on Express 156 West El Camino Real
$61,669 in back wages to 8 workers
Limited-Service Restaurants · period investigated Nov 2014–Nov 2016
Jin Jin Gourmet 927 E Arques Ave Ste 131
$60,157 in back wages to 24 workers
Limited-Service Restaurants · period investigated May 2017–May 2019
Mysore Woodlands Vegetarian Restaurant, Inc. 976 El Camino Real
$59,500 in back wages to 1 worker · $1,000 in penalties
Full-Service Restaurants · period investigated Jan 2004–Nov 2006
Most recent cases
Birrieria y Taqueria La Gran Senora period ending Feb 2026
$8,290 in back wages to 3 workers · $2,113 in penalties · Mobile Food Services
Homestead Liquor & Market period ending Jul 2025
$6,000 in back wages to 1 worker · Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores
Cold Stone Creamery period ending Aug 2023
$4,076 in back wages to 46 workers · $70,534 in penalties · 10 child labor violations · Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
Linkedin period ending Feb 2023
2 violations, no back wages · Executive Search Services
Ups period ending Dec 2021
$58 in back wages to 1 worker · Couriers and Express Delivery Services
Siliconsage Builders period ending Jan 2021
123 violations, no back wages · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Siliconsage Builders period ending Aug 2020
$220K in back wages to 134 workers · Residential Building Construction
Gordon Prill, Inc period ending Feb 2020
$721 in back wages to 1 worker · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Meyhouse period ending Feb 2020
$3,778 in back wages to 2 workers · Full-Service Restaurants
Bawarchi Sunnyvale period ending Sep 2019
11 violations, no back wages · Full-Service Restaurants
HCL America, Inc period ending Aug 2019
$3,537 in back wages to 1 worker · Other Management Consulting Services
HCL America Inc period ending Jul 2019
$560 in back wages to 1 worker · Custom Computer Programming Services
Jin Jin Gourmet period ending May 2019
$60,157 in back wages to 24 workers · Limited-Service Restaurants
HCL America Inc. San Antonio period ending May 2018
$21,417 in back wages to 17 workers · Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
Sweetgreen period ending Dec 2017
$293 in back wages to 3 workers · Limited-Service Restaurants
HCL Technologies America Inc. period ending Oct 2017
1 violation, no back wages · Computer Facilities Management Services
Five Guys - Sunnyvale period ending Oct 2017
$671 in penalties · 1 child labor violation · Full-Service Restaurants
Don Vito Ozuna Foods period ending Nov 2016
$50,201 in back wages to 35 workers · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
Wok's on Express period ending Nov 2016
$61,669 in back wages to 8 workers · Limited-Service Restaurants
Support.Com period ending Oct 2016
$14,803 in back wages to 140 workers · Telephone Answering Services
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.
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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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