From the Labor Department file
What is on record for Waffle House, Inc.
- Name on the record
- Waffle House, Inc.
- Also recorded as
- Waffle House #872, Waffle House #1059, Waffle House #738, Waffle House of Madison
- Location on the record
- Augusta, Warner Robins, Brunswick, Georgia
- County
- Richmond County
- Industry
- Full-Service Restaurants; Limited-Service Restaurants
- Cases
- 33 closed, 24 with a violation found, 9 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $9,386
- Workers due back wages
- 49
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $0
- Violations recorded
- 93
- First and latest case
- 2005 to 2023
- Repeat or willful flags
- None on the record
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 to December 2023 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| December 2020 to December 2022 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2020 to March 2022 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2020 to February 2022 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| May 2018 to May 2020 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| November 2018 to January 2019 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| May 2013 to May 2015 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| December 2010 to December 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage, overtime | 37 | $3,780 | 24 | $0 |
| February 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage, overtime | 18 | $1,977 | 12 | $0 |
| February 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage | 11 | $2,699 | 10 | $0 |
| February 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage, overtime | 3 | $630 | 1 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| August 2009 to August 2011 | FLSA, minimum wage | 5 | $300 | 2 | $0 |
| August 2007 to July 2009 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2007 to February 2009 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| May 2005 to May 2007 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2005 to January 2007 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2003 to February 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Investigation dates are the findings period the Department recorded, newest first. A zero is a zero in the file: a case can find a violation and agree no back wages.
By law
Laws involved and what each case found
- Fair Labor Standards Act: 23 cases, $9,386 in back wages
- FLSA minimum wage: 5 cases, $8,631 in back wages
- FLSA overtime: 3 cases, $755 in back wages
- Family and Medical Leave Act: 1 case, $0 in back wages
Plain words
What this record means and what it does not
The Wage and Hour Division enforces the federal minimum wage, overtime, child labor, family leave and the wage rules on federal contracts and visa programs. Each row above is one investigation the Division closed; of the 33 on this record, 24 ended with a violation found and 9 with none.
Back wages agreed is the amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal rates: a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and overtime after 40 hours in a week. Where Georgia has a higher state or local minimum, the same hours would come to more under state law, and that part is not in this file.
This record is federal only. It does not include claims filed with the state labor office, private lawsuits or settlements, so an employer absent from it is not an employer with a clean record, and an employer on it has not been found guilty of anything by a court. Names are written as the Department recorded them, so one business can appear under more than one legal name, and a franchise or branch can sit under its own.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in Georgia
Georgia has no state wage claim process of its own, so an unpaid wage or overtime complaint goes to the federal Division: how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division explains what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Around this employer
Nearby employers and related pages
Other employers on the record in Augusta, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Technology Leaders, Inc | 2 | $295,034 | 68 |
| GSC Construction, Inc. | 3 | $172,933 | 45 |
| Shapiro Packing Company, Inc | 1 | $135,122 | 623 |
| MacK Lander, LLC | 2 | $116,495 | 83 |
| Golden Generation, LLC. | 1 | $71,647 | 16 |
| Logistics & Environmental Solutions Corp | 1 | $39,607 | 2 |
| Apex General Contracting, Inc. | 1 | $38,963 | 42 |
| Cable Television Installation & Service, LLC | 2 | $36,789 | 99 |
| Victoria's Mexican Restaurant, Inc. | 1 | $34,123 | 3 |
| Wings of Augusta, Inc. | 1 | $31,900 | 102 |
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Sources
Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, every concluded investigation since fiscal 2005, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026. The Wage and Hour Division is the office that made the findings. Figures are printed as the file carries them, a zero included; an investigation with no end date is shown by its start; the county is the one the Census Bureau puts the employer's ZIP code in.
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