From the Labor Department file
What is on record for HWA, Inc.
- Name on the record
- HWA, Inc.
- Also recorded as
- HWA Inc. (Brooklyn), HWA, Inc. (Brooklyn)
- Location on the record
- New York, Brooklyn, New York
- County
- New York County
- Industry
- Security Guards and Patrol Services
- Cases
- 12 closed, 11 with a violation found, 1 with none
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $442,679
- Workers due back wages
- 415
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $0
- Violations recorded
- 642
- First and latest case
- 2004 to 2007
- 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 October 2007 | none recorded | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| February 2007 to March 2007 | Service Contract Act | 2 | $3,652 | 1 | $0 |
| April 2005 to March 2007 | FLSA, Service Contract Act, overtime | 77 | $73,515 | 77 | $0 |
| January 2005 to October 2006 | FLSA, overtime | 1 | $7,280 | 1 | $0 |
| January 2006 to June 2006 | Service Contract Act | 2 | $2,733 | 2 | $0 |
| December 2005 to March 2006 | Service Contract Act | 1 | $1,366 | 1 | $0 |
| June 2001 to January 2006 | FLSA, Service Contract Act, overtime | 10 | $36,347 | 9 | $0 |
| September 2005 to December 2005 | Service Contract Act | 1 | $320 | 1 | $0 |
| June 2003 to June 2004 | Service Contract Act | 103 | $71,287 | 64 | $0 |
| May 2002 to April 2004 | Service Contract Act | 418 | $233,033 | 243 | $0 |
| May 2002 to April 2004 | Service Contract Act | 13 | $6,144 | 8 | $0 |
| May 2002 to April 2004 | Service Contract Act | 14 | $7,002 | 8 | $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
- Service Contract Act: 10 cases, $426,979 in back wages
- Fair Labor Standards Act: 3 cases, $15,700 in back wages
- FLSA overtime: 3 cases, $15,700 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 12 on this record, 11 ended with a violation found and 1 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 New York 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 New York
In New York a wage claim can go to the state: File a Labor Standards Wage Theft Claim, 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 New York, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Prfessional Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $2,865,216 | 156 |
| Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc | 14 | $2,354,856 | 472 |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center | 1 | $1,552,651 | 215 |
| Teachers Insurance Annuity Association | 1 | $1,171,404 | 358 |
| Network of Patrols Inc. | 3 | $1,145,541 | 69 |
| Metropolitan Center for Mental Health | 2 | $1,113,678 | 15 |
| Bloomberg L.P. | 3 | $1,075,549 | 691 |
| Alianza Dominicana, Inc. | 2 | $786,716 | 292 |
| Hachi-Hachi Corporation | 1 | $593,222 | 83 |
| 109th & First Avenue Corp. | 2 | $533,466 | 241 |
The same name on the record in other states:
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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.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.