Wholesale Trade · Bourbonnais, IL
Universal Pallet Inc
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $21,577 in back wages owed to 11 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
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- Back wages owed
Universal Pallet Inc in Bourbonnais, 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. 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
- D Wage & hour compliance: $22K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($22K 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.
Universal Pallet Inc in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Universal Pallet Inc ranks #454 among 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($21,577). Universal Pallet Inc carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #454 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($21,577).
How Universal Pallet Inc Compares
Universal Pallet Inc in Bourbonnais, 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, Marble Today, INC in Palatka, FL has 1 OSHA inspection on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Universal Pallet Inc to date. The Wholesale Trade sector average runs $9,112 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Universal Pallet Inc owed $21,577 in back wages to 11 employees across 1 case and 12 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: Wholesale Trade
How Universal Pallet Inc compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Universal Pallet Inc | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.5 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $9,112 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $4,665 |
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What to do with this record
Use Universal Pallet Inc's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Universal Pallet Inc also carries $21,577 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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