Manufacturing · Los Angeles, CA
Joy Always
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $18,479 in back wages owed to 13 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
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- Back wages owed
Joy Always in Los Angeles, CA 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 $18,479 in back wages owed to 13 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $18K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($18K 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.
Joy Always in the Manufacturing enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Joy Always at rank #1,636 of 4,429 employers ($18,479 owed). Joy Always carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,636 of 4,429 Manufacturing employers on WHD back wages ($18,479).
How Joy Always Compares
Joy Always in Los Angeles, CA 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, Oriskany Manufacturing, LLC in Yorkville, NY has 3 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Joy Always to date. The Manufacturing sector average runs $15,763 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Joy Always owed $18,479 in back wages to 13 employees across 1 case and 26 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: Manufacturing
How Joy Always compares to the Manufacturing sector, which has 44,645 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Joy Always | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 8.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $15,763 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $6,093 |
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What to do with this record
Use Joy Always's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Joy Always against Sexton Furniture Manufacturing LLC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Joy Always's inspection and penalty record is typical for Manufacturing or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Manufacturing sector
- Joy Always also carries $18,479 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.