Construction · Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $104,103 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
Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting in Grosse Pointe Farms, 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 24 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
- F Wage & hour compliance: $104K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($104K 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.
Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting in the Construction enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting ranks #993 among 12,785 Construction employers with WHD recoveries ($104,103). Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #993 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($104,103).
How Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting Compares
Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting in Grosse Pointe Farms, 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, Casale Construction, LLC in Wilmington, DE has 3 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting to date. The Construction sector average runs $6,767 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting owed $104,103 in back wages to 11 employees across 1 case and 24 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: Construction
How Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $6,767 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,361 |
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What to do with this record
Use Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting against Inland Lakes Lanscaping Corp-Cuttle Creek, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting's inspection and penalty record is typical for Construction or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Construction sector
- Viking Painting/Michael Meda Painting also carries $104,103 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.