From the Labor Department file
What is on record for Hy-Vee, Inc.
- Name on the record
- Hy-Vee, Inc.
- Also recorded as
- Hy-Vee store # 1413, Hy-Vee #4, Hy-Vee Urbandale, Hy-Vee 1895
- Location on the record
- Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, West Des Moines, Iowa
- County
- Polk County
- Industry
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores; Grocery Stores
- Cases
- 21 closed, 10 with a violation found, 11 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $297,989
- Workers due back wages
- 298
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $58,900
- Violations recorded
- 324
- First and latest case
- 2005 to 2021
- Repeat or willful flags
- None on the record
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 to May 2021 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2016 to June 2018 | FLSA, minimum wage | 13 | $1,105 | 11 | $0 |
| May 2010 to May 2012 | child labor | 2 | $0 | 0 | $6,200 |
| April 2010 to April 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| April 2010 to April 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| April 2010 to April 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| April 2010 to April 2012 | FLSA, overtime | 1 | $24 | 1 | $0 |
| March 2010 to March 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2010 to March 2012 | child labor | 6 | $0 | 0 | $12,400 |
| March 2010 to March 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2010 to March 2012 | child labor | 1 | $0 | 0 | $3,100 |
| March 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, child labor, minimum wage, overtime | 23 | $739 | 20 | $6,200 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | child labor | 1 | $0 | 0 | $3,100 |
| January 2010 to January 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2011 to December 2011 | FLSA, overtime | 265 | $295,576 | 265 | $0 |
| December 2009 to December 2011 | child labor | 11 | $0 | 0 | $27,900 |
| December 2009 to December 2011 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 2009 to June 2011 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2005 to April 2005 | FMLA | 1 | $545 | 1 | $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: 4 cases, $297,444 in back wages
- FLSA overtime: 3 cases, $296,136 in back wages
- FLSA minimum wage: 2 cases, $1,308 in back wages
- Family and Medical Leave Act: 1 case, $545 in back wages
- FLSA child labor: 6 cases, $0 in back wages, $58,900 in penalties
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 21 on this record, 10 ended with a violation found and 11 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 Iowa 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.
Civil money penalties are amounts the Division assessed against the employer, separate from back wages; the file records the assessment, not what was finally paid.
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 Iowa
In Iowa a wage claim can go to the state: File a Wage Claim, Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with 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 Waterloo, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn River Harvesting, Inc. | 1 | $92,250 | 112 |
| Blackhawk Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC | 1 | $70,030 | 108 |
| Stokes Corporation | 1 | $50,829 | 25 |
| Goodwill Industries of Northeast Iowa, Inc. | 4 | $28,090 | 216 |
| Dajerabby, Inc. | 1 | $27,500 | 0 |
| Building Products Inc. of Iowa | 1 | $26,975 | 10 |
| Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. | 3 | $26,635 | 1 |
| Allen Memorial Hospital, Inc. | 1 | $19,092 | 4 |
| Broadway Corporation | 1 | $13,515 | 5 |
| North Star Community Services, Inc. | 1 | $13,387 | 95 |
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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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