§ 530.302 Amounts of civil money penalties.

(a) A civil money penalty, not to exceed $1,313 per affected homeworker for any one violation, may be assessed for any violation of the Act or of this part or of the assurances given in connection with the issuance of a certificate.

(b) The amount of civil money penalties shall be determined per affected homeworker within the limits set forth in the following schedule, except that no penalty shall be assessed in the case of violations which are deemed to be de minimis in nature:

Open Table

Table 1 to Paragraph (b)

Nature of violation Penalty per affected homeworker
Minor Substantial Repeated, intentional or knowing
Recordkeeping $26-264 $264-525 $525-1,313
Monetary violations 26-264 264-525
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate 264-525 525-1,313
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer assurances 26-264 264-525 525-1,313

[81 FR 43450, July 1, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 5381, Jan. 18, 2017; 83 FR 13, Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 218, Jan. 23, 2019; 85 FR 2298, Jan. 15, 2020; 86 FR 2969, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 2334, Jan. 14, 2022; 88 FR 2216, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1816, Jan. 11, 2024; 90 FR 1860, Jan. 10, 2025]


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