Finance & Insurance · San Jose, CA
Wells Fargo Bank
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $11,874 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker across 1 wage-theft case.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
- 0
- OSHA inspections
- $11,874
- Back wages owed
Wells Fargo Bank in San Jose, CA 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 $11,874 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
- C Wage & hour compliance: $12K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($12K 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.
Wells Fargo Bank in the Finance & Insurance enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Wells Fargo Bank ranks #242 among 645 Finance & Insurance employers with WHD recoveries ($11,874). Wells Fargo Bank carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #242 of 645 Finance & Insurance employers on WHD back wages ($11,874).
How Wells Fargo Bank Compares
Wells Fargo Bank in San Jose, CA 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, Wilshire Associates, Inc. in Santa Monica, CA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Wells Fargo Bank to date. The Finance & Insurance sector average runs $310 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Wells Fargo Bank owed $11,874 in back wages to 1 employee across 1 case and 2 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: Finance & Insurance
How Wells Fargo Bank compares to the Finance & Insurance sector, which has 763 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Wells Fargo Bank | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.4 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $310 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $853 |
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What to do with this record
Use Wells Fargo Bank's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- See whether Wells Fargo Bank's inspection and penalty record is typical for Finance & Insurance or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Finance & Insurance sector
- Wells Fargo Bank also carries $11,874 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
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.