2024 Civil Penalty Amounts

Requirement

2024 Penalty Amount

Wage and Hour

Repeated or willful violations of minimum wage or overtime requirements (FLSA)

Up to $2,451 for each violation

Violations of child labor laws

Up to $15,629 for each employee subject to violation

Child labor law violations that cause death or serious injury to an employee under age 18

Up to $71,031 for each violation (amount doubled if repeated or willful violation)

Willful failure to post FMLA general notice

Up to $211 for each separate offense

Violations of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

Up to $25,597 for each violation

Employee Benefits

Failure to file an annual report (Form 5500) with the DOL (unless a filing exemption applies)

Up to $2,670 per day

Failure of a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) to file an annual report (Form M-1) with the DOL

Up to $1,942 per day

Failure to furnish plan-related information requested by the DOL

*Under ERISA, administrators of employee benefit plans must furnish to the DOL, upon request, any documents relating to the employee benefit plan.

Up to $190 per day, but not to exceed $1,906 per request

Failure to provide the annual notice regarding CHIP coverage opportunities

*This notice applies to employers with group health plans that cover residents of states that provide a premium assistance subsidy under a Medicaid or CHIP program.

Up to $141 per day for each failure (each employee is a separate violation)

For 401(k) plans, failure to provide blackout notice or notice of right to divest employer securities

Up to $169 per day

Failure to provide summary of benefits and coverage (SBC)

Up to $1,406 per failure

Employee Safety – OSH Act

Violation of posting requirement

Up to $16,131 for each violation

Other-than-serious violation

Up to $16,131 for each violation

Serious violation

Up to $16,131 for each violation

Willful violation

Between $11,524 and $161,323 per violation

Uncorrected violation

Up to $16,131 per day until the violation is corrected