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 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 63501, Dec. 7, 2001]
