# Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments
> **US Department of Labor** · Interim final rule; request for comments. · Published 2016-07-01 · Effective 2016-08-01 · 81 FR 43430
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-15378
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Labor
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 43430
- **CFR reference:** 20 CFR 655
- **Publication date:** 2016-07-01
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-01
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Labor is issuing this interim final rule to adjust the amounts of civil penalties assessed or enforced in its regulations. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires agencies to adjust the levels of civil monetary penalties with an initial catch-up adjustment, followed by annual adjustments for inflation. The Department is required to calculate the catch-up and subsequent annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. The Department must publish the interim final rule by July 1, 2016, and the new penalty levels are effective no later than August 1, 2016.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/01/2016-15378/department-of-labor-federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment-act-catch-up-adjustments)
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