This legislation:
- Increases penalties from $11,000 to $50,000 for violations that cause death of or serious injury to any employee under 18 years old
- Provides that the penalty can be doubled when the violation causing death or serious injury in repeated or willful
- Provides that the $50,000 penalty can be assessed for each violation
- Increases civil penalties that may be assessed against a business for violating child labor laws from $10,000 to $11,000
- Provides that a $1,100 penalty can be assessed against a business that violates wage laws for minors; an authority the Department of Labor currently does not have
