43 P.S. § 479 Enforcement of Act; Penalties

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 43 P.S. § 479

The State Department of Labor and Industry shall enforce this act, and prosecute all violations of the same. The officers, or their agents, of the said department, shall be allowed at all reasonable times to inspect any place of employment included in this act.

Every employer who, either personally or through any agent, violates or fails to comply with any provision of section one or section three, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction, for the first offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars; and on conviction for a second offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than two hundred ($200) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars; and on conviction for each subsequent offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than three hundred ($300) dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars; and in each case he shall stand committed until such fine and the costs are paid, or until he is otherwise discharged by due process of law.

Every employee who violates or fails to comply with any provision of section four shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and on conviction, for the first offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars, nor more than twenty ($20) dollars; and on conviction for the second offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty ($20) dollars, nor more than fifty ($50) dollars; and on conviction for each subsequent offense, not less than thirty ($30) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars; and in each case he shall stand committed until such fine and the costs are paid, or until he is otherwise discharged by due process of law.