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Workplace Safety Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 Department of Labor (DOL)

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

OSHA Penalties Increasing in 2025: What Employers Need to Know

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published its listing of annual increases for 2025. Included in this list are higher penalties for OSHA workplace safety violations for employers. While these increases are in line with...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2025

Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum OSHA penalties for...more

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OSH Act Penalties Increase

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule that increases civil monetary penalties the DOL assesses and enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 and the Federal...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Civil Penalties Going Up Again – Adopts 2017 Maximums

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2017 OSHA civil penalties. We had blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2016 adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for OSHA...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Increased OSHA Penalty Structure Effective August 1, 2016

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This past November, Congress passed a budget that included legislation requiring federal agencies to adjust their civil penalties to account for inflation. In response, the Department of Labor (DOL) is adjusting penalties for...more

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New Interim Rules Impose 78% Increase in Maximum Monetary Penalties Under OSHA

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On June 30, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the implementation of two interim final rules that will increase penalties under various federal statutes, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”). ...more

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