To account for inflation, various federal workplace enforcement agencies recently raised the civil penalties they charge. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the Inflation Adjustment Act) mandates these yearly adjustments. This memo details employment- and immigration-related penalty increases announced by the Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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