From the Labor Department file
What is on record for Southwestern Bell Communications, Inc.
- Name on the record
- Southwestern Bell Communications, Inc.
- Also recorded as
- SBC
- Location on the record
- Chicago, Schaumburg, Saint Charles, Illinois
- County
- Cook County
- Industry
- Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- Cases
- 20 closed, 10 with a violation found, 10 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $20,902
- Workers due back wages
- 1
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $0
- Violations recorded
- 11
- First and latest case
- 2003 to 2006
- Repeat or willful flags
- None on the record
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 to August 2006 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2005 to November 2005 | FMLA | 2 | $902 | 1 | $0 |
| November 2004 to June 2005 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| October 2003 to May 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| November 2004 to May 2005 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| September 2004 to May 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| September 2003 to April 2005 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| August 2004 to March 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| November 2004 to February 2005 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| August 2004 to November 2004 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 2003 to November 2004 | FMLA | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 |
| September 2004 to October 2004 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2004 to August 2004 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2003 to August 2004 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2004 to June 2004 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| May 2003 to June 2004 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 2003 to February 2004 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| December 2003 | FMLA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| January 2003 to November 2003 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2003 | 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
- Family and Medical Leave Act: 10 cases, $20,902 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 20 on this record, 10 ended with a violation found and 10 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 Illinois 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 Illinois
In Illinois a wage claim can go to the state: Unpaid Wages, Illinois Department of Labor 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 Chicago, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Quality Care Inc | 1 | $3,074,012 | 1,171 |
| AKAL Security, Inc. | 6 | $1,817,307 | 796 |
| SCR Medical Transportation Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,106,772 | 615 |
| Alden Management Services, Inc. | 1 | $1,041,759 | 119 |
| Bally Total Fitness Corporation | 1 | $754,556 | 3,245 |
| Tank Noodle, Inc. | 1 | $697,295 | 60 |
| Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court | 1 | $673,693 | 150 |
| Ashley's Quality Care, Inc. | 1 | $644,491 | 240 |
| Careerbuilder, LLC | 1 | $522,224 | 673 |
| Comprehensive Quality Care, Inc. Foundation | 3 | $498,736 | 317 |
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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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