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 Popeyes and the spellings of it we count together: Popeyes, Popeye's, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Popeye's Chicken, Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen, Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits. They name 136 different operating companies, since the locations under one name are often run by separate owners.
172 minimum wage / overtime (flsa), 35 child labor (flsa), 1 h-1b visa sponsorship
Cases by the year their findings ended, 2004–2025
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Get your free personalized report →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.
A different signal from the enforcement record above: Search results for Popeyes in federal wage-and-hour court records (Fair Labor Standards Act claims only), from public PACER records via CourtListener: 49 cases turn up under this name. The search matches the name Popeyes anywhere in a case's record and leaves the defendant unchecked, so a listed case can name another company, a similarly named company, or Popeyes as the plaintiff. The defendant can be the company that runs a location, such as a franchise owner. Filing a lawsuit only means someone made a claim, and most never produce a public finding of who was right; this data has no outcome, settlement, or judgment field. A bigger number here mostly reflects a bigger company, not worse conduct, so don't read it as a guilt score. Check the real docket before drawing a conclusion. We're overdue to check for anything newer; this is current as of our last look, not necessarily today.
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Restaurants and hotels are 25% of DOL wage cases with a violation
Restaurants and hotels make up a quarter of the wage-and-hour cases in which DOL found a violation. The chains with the most cases, who a case names, and how child labor findings differ by brand.
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.