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 Wendy's and the spellings of it we count together: Wendy's, Wendys. They name 107 different operating companies, since the locations under one name are often run by separate owners.
125 minimum wage / overtime (flsa), 45 child labor (flsa)
Cases by the year their findings ended, 2004–2025
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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: 1804 federal wage-and-hour lawsuits that mention Wendy's (Fair Labor Standards Act claims only), from public PACER court records via CourtListener. The defendant can be the company that runs a location, such as a franchise owner. Filing a lawsuit only means someone made a claim, not a finding or a proven case, and a bigger number here mostly reflects a bigger company, not worse conduct.
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Get your free personalized report →Wendy's reports through the public company Wendy's Co (WEN). Most recently reported: $2.2B in revenue for fiscal year 2025, net income $165.1M, per its own SEC filings.
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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.