Educational Services · Knoxville, TN
University of Tennessee
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $30,442 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker 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
University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN 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 $30,442 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $30K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($30K 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.
University of Tennessee in the Educational Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place University of Tennessee at rank #103 of 478 employers ($30,442 owed). University of Tennessee carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #103 of 478 Educational Services employers on WHD back wages ($30,442).
How University of Tennessee Compares
University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN 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, Board of Trustees of Chicago State University in Chicago, IL has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against University of Tennessee to date. The Educational Services sector average runs $3,025 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that University of Tennessee owed $30,442 in back wages to 1 employee across 1 case and 3 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: Educational Services
How University of Tennessee compares to the Educational Services sector, which has 3,186 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | University of Tennessee | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.5 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.7 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,025 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,199 |
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What to do with this record
Use University of Tennessee's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare University of Tennessee against Wildwood High School, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether University of Tennessee's inspection and penalty record is typical for Educational Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Educational Services sector
- University of Tennessee also carries $30,442 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.