Other · Chicago, IL
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $3,305 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker across 2 wage-theft cases.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $3,305
- Back wages owed
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago, IL 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 2 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
- A Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($2K 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.
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in the Other enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Cook County Juvenile Detention Center ranks #1,652 among 2,155 Other employers with WHD recoveries ($3,305). Cook County Juvenile Detention Center carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,652 of 2,155 Other employers on WHD back wages ($3,305).
How Cook County Juvenile Detention Center Compares
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago, IL 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, Depew High School in Depew, NY has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Cook County Juvenile Detention Center to date. The Other sector average runs $0 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Cook County Juvenile Detention Center owed $3,305 in back wages to 1 employee across 2 cases and 2 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: Other
How Cook County Juvenile Detention Center compares to the Other sector, which has 2,225 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Cook County Juvenile Detention Center | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $0 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3 |
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What to do with this record
Use Cook County Juvenile Detention Center's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Cook County Juvenile Detention Center against IL Department of Children & Services, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Cook County Juvenile Detention Center's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other sector
- Cook County Juvenile Detention Center also carries $3,305 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.
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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.
Employer Matching
Employers are matched across OSHA and WHD datasets by name, state, and city. Employers included in PlainWorker have 2 or more OSHA inspections or $1,000+ in WHD back wages. Data is updated monthly from data.dol.gov.