Real Estate & Rental · Chicago, IL
HJ Russell & Company
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $7,884 in back wages owed to 33 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
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- Back wages owed
HJ Russell & Company 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $7,884 in back wages owed to 33 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $8K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($8K 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.
HJ Russell & Company in the Real Estate & Rental enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, HJ Russell & Company ranks #353 among 902 Real Estate & Rental employers with WHD recoveries ($7,884). HJ Russell & Company carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #353 of 902 Real Estate & Rental employers on WHD back wages ($7,884).
How HJ Russell & Company Compares
HJ Russell & Company 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, Duckworth Realtors in Jackson, MS has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against HJ Russell & Company to date. The Real Estate & Rental sector average runs $2,397 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that HJ Russell & Company owed $7,884 in back wages to 33 employees across 1 case and 34 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: Real Estate & Rental
How HJ Russell & Company compares to the Real Estate & Rental sector, which has 1,671 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | HJ Russell & Company | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 2.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,397 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,210 |
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What to do with this record
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- HJ Russell & Company also carries $7,884 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.