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RIN: 1215-AB20

Publication ID: Fall 2000

Title: Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations--Civil Money Penalties (29 CFR 578); Child Labor Violations--Civil Money Penalties (29 CFR 579); Adjustment of Civil Money Penalties for Inflation
Abstract: The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (PL 104-134) amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (PL 101-410) to require Federal agencies to adjust certain civil money penalties for inflation. The Department is proposing adjustments in the civil money penalties that may be assessed under section 16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act for (1) repeated or willful violations of the minimum wage or overtime provisions; and (2) child labor violations. Any increase in the penalty amounts shall apply only to violations which occur after the effective date of the increase.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 578 29 CFR 579
Legal Authority: 29 USC 216(e) PL 101-410 PL 104-134

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		10/23/1996

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/28/1998	63 FR 71405
NPRM Comment Period End	01/27/1999
Final Action	11/00/2000

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: John R. Fraser Deputy Administrator (WHD) Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration Room S3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-0051 Fax:202 693-1432