Accommodation & Food Services · Farmington, MI
Taste of China
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $3,285 in back wages owed to 6 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
- $3,285
- Back wages owed
Taste of China in Farmington, MI 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
- B Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3K 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.
Taste of China in the Accommodation & Food Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Taste of China at rank #16,420 of 22,851 employers ($3,285 owed). Taste of China carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #16,420 of 22,851 Accommodation & Food Services employers on WHD back wages ($3,285).
How Taste of China Compares
Taste of China in Farmington, MI 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, China Bowl - Bandera in Bandera, TX has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Taste of China 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 Taste of China owed $3,285 in back wages to 6 employees across 1 case and 7 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 Taste of China compares to the Accommodation & Food Services sector, which has 25,016 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Taste of China | 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 Taste of China's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Taste of China against A1 Sushi & Hibachi, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Taste of China'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
- Taste of China also carries $3,285 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
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