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Hardee's

Concluded DOL Wage and Hour Division cases in which DOL found a violation. An investigation that found none won't show here, and neither will an open investigation, a private lawsuit, a state labor agency case, or an arbitration settlement. Covers the statute categories this site tracks (H-1B, general wage/hour, child labor, sub-minimum wage, H-2A, H-2B, Davis-Bacon, and migrant/seasonal farmworker protections), not every WHD program, and only cases matched under this employer's name and its other spellings on file with WHD. No result here means no such case on file — it isn't the same as a clean record.

Cases filed under the name Hardee's and the spellings of it we count together: Hardee's, Hardees. They name 35 different operating companies, since the locations under one name are often run by separate owners.

Cases with a violation
43
Back wages assessed
$137,836
Civil penalties
$143,061
Employees affected
778

33 minimum wage / overtime (flsa), 21 child labor (flsa)

Cases by the year their findings ended, 2004–2023

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How this is sourced and what it isn't

A listed finding is DOL's own concluded determination following an investigation, not an accusation or a lawsuit outcome, and appearing here isn't a claim of ongoing or systemic misconduct — each case reflects one specific investigated period. Matching is by name: a real violation under a spelling that is neither this employer's name nor one of the other spellings we count won't be found, so a low count here means few matches under these names, not a confirmed clean record. Source: DOL Wage and Hour Division Enforcement Database, the compliance actions concluded since FY2005 that found a violation. Informational only, not legal advice.

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Recent layoff notices

Hardee's has 1 WARN layoff notice on file from the last 24 months, covering 1 workers; the most recent is dated June 2026 in MN. WARN notices are the advance filings that employers with 100 or more employees send to state workforce agencies before a layoff or closure, taken from the open WARN Notice Register. Our copy holds records first added on or before November 14, 2026; the date records additions to our copy. Bigger employers file more notices, so a larger count tracks company size. A listing that repeats an earlier one is counted once, and a notice the register labels as amended or withdrawn is left out. How to read layoff notice data: what the notices can and cannot say, and why some are missing.

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Wage data: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC LCA Disclosure Data and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS. LCA filings reflect sponsored-worker wage offers, which skew toward mid-large employers and specific occupations — treat any estimate built from a small sample cautiously. Informational only; not legal, immigration, or financial advice.