From the Labor Department file
What is on record for HWA, INC.
- Name on the record
- HWA, INC.
- Also recorded as
- HWA Inc (Seatac and Auburn), HWA Inc. (Corp of Eng. contract), HWA, Inc. (Seattle), HWA, INC. (Brooklyn)
- Location on the record
- Seattle, Kahlotus, Washington
- County
- King County
- Industry
- Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services; Security Guards and Patrol Services
- Cases
- 13 closed, 13 with a violation found
- Back wages agreed to pay
- $1,293,262
- Workers due back wages
- 569
- Civil money penalties assessed
- $0
- Violations recorded
- 1,186
- First and latest case
- 2004 to 2009
- Repeat or willful flags
- None on the record
Every investigation
Every case on the record, newest first
| Investigation | Laws | Violations | Back wages | Workers | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 to September 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 37 | $70,952 | 15 | $0 |
| June 2009 to September 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 48 | $135,975 | 18 | $0 |
| May 2009 to September 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 204 | $421,668 | 88 | $0 |
| July 2009 to September 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 71 | $119,970 | 28 | $0 |
| August 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 16 | $34,004 | 7 | $0 |
| July 2009 to August 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 47 | $70,168 | 24 | $0 |
| June 2009 to August 2009 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 56 | $127,385 | 26 | $0 |
| September 2008 to October 2008 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 98 | $6,253 | 0 | $0 |
| August 2006 to July 2008 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 38 | $16,437 | 19 | $0 |
| August 2006 to July 2008 | Service Contract Act | 41 | $9,308 | 40 | $0 |
| October 2007 to April 2008 | Service Contract Act | 20 | $3,678 | 19 | $0 |
| November 2005 to October 2007 | CWHSSA, Service Contract Act | 495 | $276,726 | 270 | $0 |
| September 2004 | Service Contract Act | 15 | $739 | 15 | $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: 13 cases, $1,167,278 in back wages
- Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act: 10 cases, $125,983 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 13 on this record, 13 ended with a violation found.
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 Washington 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 Washington
In Washington a wage claim can go to the state: Worker Rights Complaints 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 Seattle, by back wages:
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County | 5 | $3,270,547 | 2,461 |
| Zillow, Inc. | 1 | $2,462,888 | 466 |
| Group Health Cooperative | 13 | $1,640,380 | 939 |
| Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation | 1 | $1,468,125 | 102 |
| WA St Department of Corrections | 8 | $385,873 | 2 |
| Good Shepherd Home Inc. | 8 | $383,094 | 71 |
| Yjl LLC | 1 | $345,304 | 47 |
| Malay Satay Hut Inc. | 1 | $315,289 | 31 |
| Tacos Chukis, LLC | 1 | $209,730 | 92 |
| Korry Electronics Co. | 2 | $197,090 | 268 |
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.