[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR578.1]

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                             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 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

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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]