1. (a) A civil money penalty, not to exceed $1,313 per affected homeworker for any one violation, may be assessed for any violation of the Act or of this part or of the assurances given in connection with the issuance of a certificate.

2. (b) The amount of civil money penalties shall be determined per affected homeworker within the limits set forth in the following schedule, except that no penalty shall be assessed in the case of violations which are deemed to be de minimis in nature:

   Table 1 to Paragraph (b)

   Nature of violation	Penalty per affected homeworker
   Minor	Substantial	Repeated, intentional or knowing
   Recordkeeping	$26-264	$264-525	$525-1,313
   Monetary violations	26-264	264-525
   Employment of homeworkers without a certificate		264-525	525-1,313
   Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer assurances	26-264	264-525	525-1,313

[81 FR 43450, July 1, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 5381, Jan. 18, 2017; 83 FR 13, Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 218, Jan. 23, 2019; 85 FR 2298, Jan. 15, 2020; 86 FR 2969, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 2334, Jan. 14, 2022; 88 FR 2216, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1816, Jan. 11, 2024; 90 FR 1860, Jan. 10, 2025]