Accommodation & Food Services · Spokane, WA
Hong Kong Buffet
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $13,324 in back wages owed to 10 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
- $13,324
- Back wages owed
Hong Kong Buffet in Spokane, WA 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 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case 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
- C Wage & hour compliance: $13K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($13K 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.
Hong Kong Buffet in the Accommodation & Food Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Hong Kong Buffet at rank #8,047 of 22,851 employers ($13,324 owed). Hong Kong Buffet carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #8,047 of 22,851 Accommodation & Food Services employers on WHD back wages ($13,324).
How Hong Kong Buffet Compares
Hong Kong Buffet in Spokane, WA 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, The Cork Bar and Grill (Tijera) in Los Angeles, CA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Hong Kong Buffet to date. The Accommodation & Food Services sector average runs $670 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Hong Kong Buffet owed $13,324 in back wages to 10 employees across 1 case and 18 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: Accommodation & Food Services
How Hong Kong Buffet compares to the Accommodation & Food Services sector, which has 25,016 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Hong Kong Buffet | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.5 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $670 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,941 |
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What to do with this record
Use Hong Kong Buffet's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Hong Kong Buffet against Tink a Tako #13, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Hong Kong Buffet's inspection and penalty record is typical for Accommodation & Food Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Accommodation & Food Services sector
- Hong Kong Buffet also carries $13,324 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.