Information · Hickory Hills, IL
Smart Choice Mobile
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $6,177 in back wages owed to 68 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
Smart Choice Mobile in Hickory Hills, 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 68 WHD violations against this employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $6K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($6K 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.
Smart Choice Mobile in the Information enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Smart Choice Mobile at rank #452 of 771 employers ($6,177 owed). Smart Choice Mobile carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #452 of 771 Information employers on WHD back wages ($6,177).
How Smart Choice Mobile Compares
Smart Choice Mobile in Hickory Hills, 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, West Georgia Wireless in Bremen, GA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Smart Choice Mobile to date. The Information sector average runs $1,539 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Smart Choice Mobile owed $6,177 in back wages to 68 employees across 1 case and 68 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: Information
How Smart Choice Mobile compares to the Information sector, which has 1,177 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Smart Choice Mobile | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,881 |
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What to do with this record
Use Smart Choice Mobile's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Smart Choice Mobile against Software Technology, Inc., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Smart Choice Mobile's inspection and penalty record is typical for Information or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Information sector
- Smart Choice Mobile also carries $6,177 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 Sources & Methodology ▼
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.