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H-1B, H-2A and H-2B wage violations

Every Wage and Hour case the Labor Department concluded under the three visa programs, from DOL's own file: what it found, and the back wages owed to workers.

H-1B

Specialty jobs. WHD enforces the promises on the LCA: the wage, the notice, the benching rules.

Cases with findings
2,944
Back wages agreed
$125,650,198
Workers owed
13,702

282

FY1997 FY2026
  • Cases still being concluded
H-1B cases by the fiscal year their findings ended
Period cases
FY1997 0
FY1998 0
FY1999 3
FY2000 8
FY2001 13
FY2002 34
FY2003 44
FY2004 87
FY2005 104
FY2006 136
FY2007 225
FY2008 230
FY2009 282
FY2010 220
FY2011 211
FY2012 148
FY2013 105
FY2014 125
FY2015 107
FY2016 118
FY2017 131
FY2018 115
FY2019 88
FY2020 82
FY2021 65
FY2022 42
FY2023 57
FY2024 60
FY2025 76
FY2026 27 so far

The largest H-1B back wages

  1. $4,222,146 Prince George's County Public Schools, Upper Marlboro, MD. To 1,046 workers, 1,742 violations, findings to Dec 2010.
  2. $2,865,216 Advanced Prfessional Marketing, Inc., New York, NY. To 156 workers, 156 violations, findings to Sep 2007.
  3. $2,402,757 Patni Computer Systems Inc., Cambridge, MA. To 607 workers, 607 violations, findings to Dec 2005.
  4. $2,250,000 Computech Corporation, Bingham Farms, MI. To 36 workers, 244 violations, findings to May 2005.
  5. $1,749,185 Byton North America Corporation, Santa Clara, CA. To 76 workers, 76 violations, findings to Jun 2020.
  6. $1,683,584 GlobalCynex, Inc., Sterling, VA. To 343 workers, 343 violations, findings to May 2007.
  7. $1,145,256 Populus Group, LLC, Troy, MI. To 594 workers, 594 violations, findings to Jul 2017.
  8. $997,733 Smartsoft International, Inc., Suwanee, GA. To 135 workers, 149 violations, findings to Feb 2008.
  9. $964,939 Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, New York, NY. To 12 workers, 25 violations, findings to Dec 2011.
  10. $762,807 Sirsai Inc., Redmond, WA. To 115 workers, 324 violations, findings to Mar 2009.
  11. $741,288 Semafor Technologies,LLC, Atlanta, GA. To 86 workers, 87 violations, findings to Aug 2009.
  12. $739,385 HNC Solutions, Inc., North Aurora, IL. To 57 workers, 61 violations, findings to Nov 2000.
  13. $718,411 The Best Consulting Team, Inc, Woodbridge, NJ. To 29 workers, 29 violations, findings to Dec 2001.
  14. $701,715 Worldwide Software Services, Inc., Clinton, IA. To 54 workers, 59 violations, findings to Oct 2009.
  15. $644,784 Global Professional Healthcare Providers, Inc, Rosemont, IL. To 49 workers, 120 violations, findings to Nov 2005.

H-2A

Seasonal farm work. WHD enforces the job order: wages, housing, transport and the three-fourths guarantee.

Cases with findings
5,608
Back wages agreed
$55,967,705
Workers owed
86,060

444

FY1997 FY2026
  • Cases still being concluded
H-2A cases by the fiscal year their findings ended
Period cases
FY1997 3
FY1998 1
FY1999 1
FY2000 1
FY2001 3
FY2002 4
FY2003 7
FY2004 35
FY2005 79
FY2006 94
FY2007 129
FY2008 145
FY2009 146
FY2010 181
FY2011 244
FY2012 282
FY2013 208
FY2014 215
FY2015 269
FY2016 277
FY2017 346
FY2018 366
FY2019 444
FY2020 265
FY2021 406
FY2022 438
FY2023 394
FY2024 322
FY2025 242
FY2026 61 so far

The largest H-2A back wages

  1. $2,338,700 Peri & Sons Farms, Inc., Yerington, NV. To 1,365 workers, 1,471 violations, findings to Dec 2009.
  2. $2,051,838 Munger Bros., LLC, Stockton, CA. To 2,504 workers, 3,024 violations, findings to Jun 2017.
  3. $937,690 Eurofresh, Inc., Willcox, AZ. To 557 workers, 1,410 violations, findings to Dec 2008.
  4. $805,777 Elizabeth Balcazar, LLC, BATESBURG, SC. To 55 workers, 355 violations, findings to Dec 2021.
  5. $763,978 Sierra Del Tigre Farms, Inc., SANTA MARIA, CA. To 161 workers, 317 violations, findings to Dec 2023.
  6. $738,319 New Century Farms, SANTA MARIA, CA. To 162 workers, 323 violations, findings to Dec 2023.
  7. $629,340 Svihel Vegetable Farm, Inc., Foley, MN. To 88 workers, 343 violations, findings to Oct 2014.
  8. $607,396 Oseguera, Salinas, CA. To 450 workers, 703 violations, findings to Dec 2021.
  9. $513,118 Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC, FIREBAUGH, CA. To 505 workers, 895 violations, findings to Sep 2022.
  10. $512,130 Corona Vineyard Management LLC, Napa, CA. To 93 workers, 355 violations, findings to Feb 2019.
  11. $445,000 Peri & Sons Farm, Inc., Yerington, NV. 4,530 violations, findings to Apr 2014.
  12. $438,668 Global Horizons Manpower, Los Angeles, CA. To 156 workers, 1,473 violations, findings to Sep 2005.
  13. $429,926 Agrofarms and Grains, LLC, SANTA MARIA, CA. To 92 workers, 281 violations, findings to Jun 2023.
  14. $423,000 Simmons Farm Raised Catfish, Inc., Yazoo City, MS. To 521 workers, 2,447 violations, findings to Sep 2008.
  15. $404,827 Strehlow Bees, Inc, Kadoka, SD. To 36 workers, 42 violations, findings to Sep 2019.

H-2B

Seasonal non-farm work: landscaping, hospitality, seafood. WHD enforces the wage and the terms offered.

Cases with findings
1,036
Back wages agreed
$29,613,710
Workers owed
17,864

130

FY1997 FY2026
  • Cases still being concluded
H-2B cases by the fiscal year their findings ended
Period cases
FY1997 0
FY1998 0
FY1999 0
FY2000 0
FY2001 0
FY2002 0
FY2003 0
FY2004 0
FY2005 0
FY2006 0
FY2007 0
FY2008 0
FY2009 0
FY2010 18
FY2011 58
FY2012 46
FY2013 71
FY2014 62
FY2015 43
FY2016 39
FY2017 71
FY2018 103
FY2019 130
FY2020 96
FY2021 60
FY2022 85
FY2023 54
FY2024 57
FY2025 37
FY2026 6 so far

The largest H-2B back wages

  1. $2,036,669 Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC, Saipan, MP. 565 violations, findings to Jan 2021.
  2. $1,277,586 5G Masonry, LLC, OZARK, MO. To 92 workers, 607 violations, findings to Dec 2023.
  3. $918,683 Chad Brown Racing Stables Inc., Elmont, NY. To 86 workers, 466 violations, findings to Nov 2017.
  4. $904,756 Northwoods Forestry, Inc., ELEVA, WI. To 204 workers, 659 violations, findings to Oct 2018.
  5. $860,480 Lovin Equipment and Sales, inc., ROBBINSVILLE, NC. To 83 workers, 340 violations, findings to Aug 2019.
  6. $709,807 Triad Associates, Inc., Haverhill, MA. To 47 workers, 105 violations, findings to Nov 2021.
  7. $576,413 Lovin Contracting Company, Inc., Robbinsville, NC. To 72 workers, 77 violations, findings to Apr 2017.
  8. $497,401 Parkside Landscaping Inc., Littleton, CO. To 45 workers, 79 violations, findings to Oct 2016.
  9. $450,000 Epic Landscape Productions, LLC, Gardner, KS. 425 violations, findings to Nov 2019.
  10. $446,970 Nationwide Structural, LLC, Houston, TX. To 136 workers, 139 violations, findings to Dec 2017.
  11. $437,502 Advanced Welding Solutions, LLC, Pasadena, TX. To 21 workers, 23 violations, findings to Jun 2016.
  12. $337,023 Best Cut Corp, Marlboro, NJ. To 50 workers, 350 violations, findings to Dec 2017.
  13. $325,000 Oasis Palateria, Austin, TX. 74 violations, findings to Oct 2014.
  14. $317,096 GSI Pool Finishes, Inc., Ambler, PA. To 59 workers, 247 violations, findings to Dec 2019.
  15. $299,612 Imperial Pacific International (CNMI), LLC, Saipan, MP. To 1,135 workers, 3,429 violations, findings to Aug 2018.
What DOL says about these figures

A case is a compliance action WHD concluded. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay. They don't show what was paid. The findings period isn't when the case opened or closed. Years here are federal fiscal years (October to September) of the findings' end. DOL says counts loaded after October 1, 2025 aren't directly comparable with earlier ones.

Names are as DOL printed them. A name links to an employer page only where it matched one by legal name and the page files under the same program. A case that matched no page is listed with no link.

Wage and Hour cases through Nov 2, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

Wage and Hour cases: DOL Wage and Hour Division compliance actions (data.dol.gov) · data through Nov 2, 2026 · dol updates quarterly; read weekly

What this data includes

Wage and Hour cases: The Labor Department's concluded Wage and Hour compliance actions since FY2005, as DOL publishes them: violations, back wages the employer agreed to pay, workers owed and penalties, H-1B, H-2A and H-2B counted apart. Kept here are the cases matched to an employer page by legal name, and every case with an H-1B, H-2A or H-2B finding.

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