Professional & Technical Services · Laurel, MD

Absolute Staffers

According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $325,250 in back wages owed to 55 affected workers across 3 wage-theft cases.

$0
OSHA penalties
0
Violations cited
0
OSHA inspections
$325,250
Back wages owed

Absolute Staffers in Laurel, MD has been the subject of 0 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also has 3 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) cases on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.

Compliance score

F 0/100
  • F Wage & hour compliance: $325K in back wages owed across 3 WHD cases ($108K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.

Channels are separate federal datasets: a dimension marked not applicable simply has no record in that dataset for this employer, not a good or bad score.

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Absolute Staffers in the Professional & Technical Services enforcement ledger

WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Absolute Staffers at rank #69 of 2,735 employers ($325,250 owed). Absolute Staffers carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #69 of 2,735 Professional & Technical Services employers on WHD back wages ($325,250).

How Absolute Staffers Compares

Absolute Staffers in Laurel, MD has no OSHA inspection on record with PlainWorker. An absence of federal inspection activity is not the same as a clean safety record, it typically means this employer has not yet been selected for inspection under OSHA's targeting programs. By comparison, Tech Mahindra Limited in Plano, TX has 0 OSHA inspections on record.

No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Absolute Staffers to date. The Professional & Technical Services sector average runs $1,358 per employer.

Wage & Hour Findings

WHD Cases
3
Back Wages Owed
$325,250
Employees Affected
55
WHD Violations
82
Avg Back Wages per Employee
$5,914
Avg Back Wages per CaseFar above average
$108,417

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Absolute Staffers owed $325,250 in back wages to 55 employees across 3 cases and 82 violations. WHD enforces federal labor laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covering minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards.

Industry Safety Context: Professional & Technical Services

How Absolute Staffers compares to the Professional & Technical Services sector, which has 3,597 employers tracked by PlainWorker.

Metric Absolute Staffers Industry Avg
Inspections 0 0.6
Violations 0 1.2
Total Penalty $0 $1,358
Avg Penalty per Inspection $0 $2,331

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What to do with this record

Use Absolute Staffers's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.

  • A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Absolute Staffers against ASRC Federal Professional Services, LLC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
  • See whether Absolute Staffers's inspection and penalty record is typical for Professional & Technical Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Professional & Technical Services sector
  • Absolute Staffers also carries $325,250 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works

Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Has Absolute Staffers been cited for wage theft?
Yes. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recorded 3 enforcement cases against Absolute Staffers, resulting in $325,250 in back wages owed to 55 affected workers. These cases involve violations of federal labor laws including minimum wage, overtime, and other worker protections.
What industry does Absolute Staffers operate in?
Absolute Staffers operates in the Professional & Technical Services sector (NAICS code 541612). This industry has 3,597 employers tracked by PlainWorker, with 2,095 total OSHA inspections and $4.88M in cumulative penalties.
What should I do if Absolute Staffers owes me wages?
If you believe Absolute Staffers owes you wages, you can file a complaint with the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division at dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints or by calling 1-866-487-9243. WHD investigates violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act including unpaid minimum wage, overtime, and unauthorized deductions. The DOL has previously found $325,250 in back wages owed by this employer across 3 cases.
How does Absolute Staffers's safety record compare to industry average?
Absolute Staffers's total OSHA penalty of $0 is below the Professional & Technical Services industry average of $1,358 per employer. The employer has 0 inspections compared to the industry average of 0.6 per employer. For a direct comparison, Tech Mahindra Limited in Plano, TX is a similar professional & technical services employer with $0 in current penalties.
Data Sources & Methodology

Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).

Source: OSHA Enforcement Data

Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.

Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.

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Every figure on PlainWorker is rendered directly from official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA and Wage & Hour Division enforcement records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's ratios (penalty-per-violation, industry comparisons) are computed live from the 0 inspections on record. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.