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 #1829, Waffle House #1873, Waffle House #858, Waffle House #823
- Location on the record
- Wilmington, Henderson, Hickory, North Carolina
- County
- New Hanover County
- Industry
- Full-Service Restaurants; Limited-Service Restaurants
- Cases
- 17 closed, 9 with a violation found, 8 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $9,801
- Workers due back wages
- 20
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $2,000
- Violations recorded
- 27
- First and latest case
- 2007 to 2015
- Repeat or willful flags
- 2 flagged repeat
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 to June 2015 | FLSA | 1 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 2013 to December 2013 | FLSA, minimum wage | 1 | $56 | 1 | $0 |
| December 2011 to December 2013 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| September 2011 to September 2013 | FLSA, overtime repeat | 1 | $6,201 | 1 | $0 |
| September 2010 to September 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage | 3 | $382 | 2 | $0 |
| September 2010 to August 2012 | FLSA repeat | 2 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2010 to July 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage | 4 | $984 | 3 | $0 |
| January 2012 to February 2012 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2010 to February 2012 | FLSA, minimum wage | 10 | $1,435 | 10 | $0 |
| October 2010 to April 2011 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2009 to February 2011 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2009 to February 2011 | FLSA, minimum wage | 4 | $743 | 3 | $0 |
| January 2010 to August 2010 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| October 2008 to June 2010 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| June 2008 to June 2010 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| March 2006 to March 2008 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| July 2007 to September 2007 | polygraph | 1 | $0 | 0 | $2,000 |
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: 8 cases, $9,801 in back wages
- FLSA overtime: 1 case, $6,201 in back wages
- FLSA minimum wage: 5 cases, $3,599 in back wages
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act: 1 case, $0 in back wages, $2,000 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 17 on this record, 9 ended with a violation found and 8 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 North Carolina 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.
The Department flagged 2 cases on this record as a repeat violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which raises the penalties it may assess.
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 North Carolina
In North Carolina a wage claim can go to the state: How and Where to File a Wage Complaint, NC DOL 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 Wilmington, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMM So Good, LTD | 2 | $241,228 | 102 |
| Utility Resource Services | 1 | $168,796 | 51 |
| Pin Point Restaurant, LLC | 1 | $72,850 | 20 |
| DirectLink Courier, Inc. | 2 | $68,758 | 109 |
| New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 2 | $62,166 | 37 |
| Diversified Concrete Services, Inc. | 1 | $55,397 | 11 |
| Clearcut Inc. | 2 | $53,761 | 19 |
| Tyrell Corporation | 1 | $49,804 | 29 |
| Pho Cafe, LLC | 1 | $48,467 | 16 |
| NCino, Inc. | 1 | $48,245 | 73 |
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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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