Healthcare & Social Assistance · Harrisburg, PA

Best Friends Day Care Center

According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $27,684 in back wages owed to 58 affected workers across 2 wage-theft cases.

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OSHA penalties
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Violations cited
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OSHA inspections
$27,684
Back wages owed

Best Friends Day Care Center in Harrisburg, PA 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 60 WHD violations against this employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.

Compliance score

C 72/100
  • C Wage & hour compliance: $28K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($14K 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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Best Friends Day Care Center in the Healthcare & Social Assistance enforcement ledger

On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Best Friends Day Care Center ranks #2,994 among 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers with WHD recoveries ($27,684). Best Friends Day Care Center carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #2,994 of 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers on WHD back wages ($27,684).

How Best Friends Day Care Center Compares

Best Friends Day Care Center in Harrisburg, PA 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, Dignity Health in Glendale, CA has 2 OSHA inspections on record.

No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Best Friends Day Care Center to date. The Healthcare & Social Assistance sector average runs $1,181 per employer.

Wage & Hour Findings

WHD Cases
2
Back Wages Owed
$27,684
Employees Affected
58
WHD Violations
60
Avg Back Wages per Employee
$477
Avg Back Wages per CaseBelow average
$13,842

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Best Friends Day Care Center owed $27,684 in back wages to 58 employees across 2 cases and 60 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: Healthcare & Social Assistance

How Best Friends Day Care Center compares to the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector, which has 17,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.

Metric Best Friends Day Care Center Industry Avg
Inspections 0 0.7
Violations 0 1.1
Total Penalty $0 $1,181
Avg Penalty per Inspection $0 $1,757

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What to do with this record

Use Best Friends Day Care Center's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.

  • A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Best Friends Day Care Center against Dignity Health, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
  • See whether Best Friends Day Care Center's inspection and penalty record is typical for Healthcare & Social Assistance or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector
  • Best Friends Day Care Center also carries $27,684 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 Best Friends Day Care Center been cited for wage theft?
Yes. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recorded 2 enforcement cases against Best Friends Day Care Center, resulting in $27,684 in back wages owed to 58 affected workers. These cases involve violations of federal labor laws including minimum wage, overtime, and other worker protections.
What industry does Best Friends Day Care Center operate in?
Best Friends Day Care Center operates in the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector (NAICS code 624410). This industry has 17,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker, with 12,060 total OSHA inspections and $21.19M in cumulative penalties.
What should I do if Best Friends Day Care Center owes me wages?
If you believe Best Friends Day Care Center 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 $27,684 in back wages owed by this employer across 2 cases.
How does Best Friends Day Care Center's safety record compare to industry average?
Best Friends Day Care Center's total OSHA penalty of $0 is below the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry average of $1,181 per employer. The employer has 0 inspections compared to the industry average of 0.7 per employer. For a direct comparison, Dignity Health in Glendale, CA is a similar healthcare & social assistance employer with $27,690 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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