OSHA Monetary Penalties Increase for 2025
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Due to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement Act of 2015, in August 2016 federal agencies were required to institute upfront “catch up” amounts to bring civil monetary penalties up to present day adjustments since many penalties had been at levels set in 1990. The law also requires those agencies moving forward to tie the penalty amounts to “inflation each year based on the Consumer Price Index.”
As a result, as of Wednesday, January 15, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) civil monetary penalty increases are as follows:
- Other than serious: $16,550
- Serious: $16,550
- Willful or Repeated: $165,514
Click here for OSHA’s penalties webpage and here for the Federal Register notice. For more information, contact Kevin Walgenbach.
