Wholesale Trade · Jersey City, NJ
Woolco Foods
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $32,001 in back wages owed to 12 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
- $32,001
- Back wages owed
Woolco Foods in Jersey City, NJ 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 $32,001 in back wages owed to 12 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $32K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($32K 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.
Woolco Foods in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Woolco Foods at rank #323 of 1,587 employers ($32,001 owed). Woolco Foods carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #323 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($32,001).
How Woolco Foods Compares
Woolco Foods in Jersey City, NJ 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, Paris Produce Company INC. in Pleasantville, NJ has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Woolco Foods 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 Woolco Foods owed $32,001 in back wages to 12 employees across 1 case and 13 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 Woolco Foods compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Woolco Foods | 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 Woolco Foods's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Woolco Foods against High Country Elevators, INC., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Woolco Foods's inspection and penalty record is typical for Wholesale Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Wholesale Trade sector
- Woolco Foods also carries $32,001 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.