FLSA - Child Labor Rules

Civil Money Penalties

Employers may be subject to a civil money penalty up to $11,000 for each employee who is the subject of a child labor violation. In addition, the FLSA permits an assessment of up to $50,000 for each violation that caused the death or serious injury of a minor, and such assessments may be doubled, up to $100,000, when the violations are determined to be willful or repeated.

If a penalty is assessed, the employer has the right, within 15 days, to file an exception in writing with the Wage and Hour Division official who issued the assessment. When an exception is filed, the matter is referred for a hearing before an administrative law judge.

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