OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2024 Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s...more
As we recently reported, all penalties levied by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were increased by 7 percent due to a law that requires civil penalties to adjust for inflation. Penalties for serious...more
In 2015, Congress decided that penalties for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act should automatically increase each year by the previous year’s rate of inflation. This decision was signed into law as the...more
Wow! How did this happen? Buried in the fine print of the recent budget agreement between Congress and the White House, and seemingly slipped in at the last minute with no one claiming responsibility for the change, the...more