[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR578.1]

[Page 348-349]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 578_MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS_CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES
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Sec. 578.1  What does this part cover?




Sec.
578.1 What does this part cover?
578.2 Definitions.
578.3 What types of violations may result in a penalty being assessed?
578.4 Determination of penalty.

    Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 938, sec. 3103, Pub. 
L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-29 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)), Pub. L. 101-410, 104 
Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, section 
31001(s), 110 Stat. 1321-358, 1321-373.

    Source: 57 FR 49129, Oct. 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted.


    Section 9 of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989 amended 
section 16(e) of the Act to provide that any person who repeatedly or 
willfully

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violates the minimum wage (section 6) or overtime provisions (section 7) 
of the Act shall be subject to a civil money penalty not to exceed 
$1,000 for each such violation. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-410), as amended by the Debt 
Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, section 31001(s)), 
requires that inflationary adjustments be periodically made in these 
civil money penalties according to a specified cost-of-living formula. 
This part defines terms necessary for administration of the civil money 
penalty provisions, describes the violations for which a penalty may be 
imposed, and describes criteria for determining the amount of penalty to 
be assessed. The procedural requirements for assessing and contesting 
such penalties are contained in 29 CFR part 580.

[66 FR 63503, Dec. 7, 2001]