43 P.S. § 336.8 Penalties

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 43 P.S. § 336.8

(a) Any employer who wilfully and knowingly violates any provisions of this act, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employe because such employe has made any complaint to his employer, the secretary or any other person who instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this act, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), and, upon default in such fine and costs, shall undergo imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days. Each day such a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) Any employer who fails to keep the records required under this act or to furnish such records to the secretary upon request, or who falsifies such records or who hinders, delays or otherwise interferes with the secretary or his authorized representatives in the performance of his duties in the enforcement of this act, or refuses such official entry into any establishment which he is authorized by this act to inspect, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), and, upon default in such fine and costs, shall undergo imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days. Each day such a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.