Unpaid Wage Cases in Pueblo, Colorado
Since 2005 the U.S. Department of Labor has found $2.2M in back wages owed to 4,441 workers by Pueblo employers, in 76 cases. Unpaid overtime accounts for 90% of it. The industry with the most back wages is industrial building construction.
What workers weren't paid
6 cases involved child labor violations, covering 8 minors.
Industries
Cases with back wages by year
Largest back-wage cases
Stone & Webster Construction, Inc 2001 Lime Road
$563K in back wages to 1,411 workers
Industrial Building Construction · period investigated Jan 2008–Nov 2008
Small Smiles 415 N Grand Avenue
$343K in back wages to 523 workers
Offices of Dentists · period investigated Aug 2003–Aug 2005
Park View Medical Center 400 West 16th Street
$143K in back wages to 909 workers
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · period investigated Apr 2002–Apr 2004
Discount Max Construction 727 West 8th
$124K in back wages to 52 workers
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · period investigated Aug 2004–Aug 2006
School District Sixty Pueblo CO 315 West 11th
$120K in back wages to 75 workers
School and Employee Bus Transportation · period investigated May 2003–May 2005
1Solar 2298 CO-96
$77,780 in back wages to 25 workers
Site Preparation Contractors · period investigated Apr 2021–Apr 2023
Standard Sales Company, LP 130 Greenhorn
$72,455 in back wages to 14 workers
Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers · period investigated May 2006–Apr 2008
Rocky Mountain SER Head Start 330 Lake Avenue
$66,167 in back wages to 53 workers · $6,000 in penalties · 1 child labor violation
Child Day Care Services · period investigated Apr 2012–Mar 2014
K.R. Swerdfeger 421 East Industrial Blvd
$55,170 in back wages to 6 workers
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction · period investigated Mar 2013–Jun 2015
Pueblo Diversified Industries 2828 Granada Blvd.
$46,893 in back wages to 156 workers
Residential Mental Retardation Facilities · period investigated Jun 2011–Jun 2013
Most recent cases
Pueblo County School District 70 period ending May 2024
1 violation, no back wages · State School Boards or Districts
Subway Store 46767 period ending Nov 2023
$40 in back wages to 1 worker · Full-Service Restaurants
Subway Store 20572 period ending Nov 2023
$71 in back wages to 1 worker · Full-Service Restaurants
Pueblo School District #60 period ending Nov 2023
1 violation, no back wages · Local School Boards or Districts
A Better Carrier, LLC period ending Oct 2023
1 violation, no back wages · Local Messengers and Local Delivery
1Solar period ending Apr 2023
$77,780 in back wages to 25 workers · Site Preparation Contractors
Hampton Inn & Suites - Pueblo North period ending Mar 2023
3 violations, no back wages · Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
University Park Care Center period ending Aug 2022
2 violations, no back wages · Nursing Care Facilities
Pate Construction Co., Inc. period ending May 2022
$8,719 in back wages to 2 workers · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
C.A.R.E. Inc, period ending Jan 2022
$35,237 in back wages to 63 workers · Home Health Care Services
Battelle Memorial Institute period ending Dec 2021
1 violation, no back wages · Testing Laboratories
Ramada period ending Sep 2021
$8,526 in back wages to 6 workers · $11,122 in penalties · 3 child labor violations · Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
Colorado Mental Health Institue Pueblo period ending Nov 2020
$2,026 in back wages to 1 worker · State Hospitals
L.E. Roofing, LLC period ending Oct 2020
$5,526 in penalties · 5 child labor violations · Roofing Contractors
L.E Roofing period ending Sep 2020
1 violation, no back wages · Roofing Contractors
Pate Construction period ending Aug 2020
1 violation, no back wages · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Fritangas Mexican Restaurant (Pueblo) period ending Aug 2020
$25 in back wages to 1 worker · Full-Service Restaurants
L.E. Roofing period ending Jul 2020
$832 in back wages to 1 worker · Roofing Contractors
Aimigo Home Health period ending Jan 2020
$87 in back wages to 1 worker · Home Health Care Services
Icm period ending Jan 2020
$8,189 in back wages to 17 workers · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
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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