Real Estate & Rental · Spruce Pine, NC
Luke Enterprises
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $1,063 in back wages owed to 14 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
- $1,063
- Back wages owed
Luke Enterprises in Spruce Pine, NC 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
- A Wage & hour compliance: $1K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($1K 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.
Luke Enterprises in the Real Estate & Rental enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Luke Enterprises ranks #891 among 902 Real Estate & Rental employers with WHD recoveries ($1,063). Luke Enterprises carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #891 of 902 Real Estate & Rental employers on WHD back wages ($1,063).
How Luke Enterprises Compares
Luke Enterprises in Spruce Pine, NC 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, Professional Real Estate Services, INC. in Santa Ana, CA has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Luke Enterprises 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 Luke Enterprises owed $1,063 in back wages to 14 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: Real Estate & Rental
How Luke Enterprises compares to the Real Estate & Rental sector, which has 1,671 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Luke Enterprises | 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
Use Luke Enterprises's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Luke Enterprises against Rent-a-Wreck, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Luke Enterprises's inspection and penalty record is typical for Real Estate & Rental or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Real Estate & Rental sector
- Luke Enterprises also carries $1,063 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.