Public Administration · San Francisco, CA
Zenefits
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $3.36M in back wages owed to 735 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
- $3.36M
- Back wages owed
Zenefits in San Francisco, 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 $3.36M in back wages owed to 735 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $3.4M in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3.4M 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.
Zenefits in the Public Administration enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Zenefits at rank #3 of 501 employers ($3.36M owed). Zenefits carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #3 of 501 Public Administration employers on WHD back wages ($3.36M).
How Zenefits Compares
Zenefits in San Francisco, 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, King County Metro Transit in Seattle, WA has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Zenefits to date. The Public Administration sector average runs $2,606 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Zenefits owed $3.36M in back wages to 735 employees across 1 case and 736 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: Public Administration
How Zenefits compares to the Public Administration sector, which has 9,693 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Zenefits | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 3.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 6.4 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,606 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $827 |
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What to do with this record
Use Zenefits's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Zenefits against King County Metro Transit, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Zenefits's inspection and penalty record is typical for Public Administration or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Public Administration sector
- Zenefits also carries $3.36M 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.