Violating Labor Department Rules Will Cost More in 2018

• Employers will have to shell out more for violations under final rule

• Average increase will be about 2 percent

[Image "" (src=https://biglawbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/172564955.jpg)]Employers that violate laws enforced by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division will face slightly higher civil penalties in 2018.

The tab for failing to comply with federal rules pertaining to family and medical leave, child labor, foreign workers, and construction contracts will increase about 2 percent across the board in 2018, under afinal ruleannounced by the DOL Dec. 29.

Federal law requires agencies to adjust civil monetary penalties annually for inflation.

The rule will ...