29 CFR § 2575.502c-3 - Adjusted civil penalty under section 502(c)(3).

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title: "29 CFR § 2575.502c-3 - Adjusted civil penalty under section 502(c)(3)."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "2575.502c-3"
section_name: "Adjusted civil penalty under section 502(c)(3)."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974"
part_number: "2575"
part_name: "ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER ERISA TITLE I"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 1135; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2003, 68 FR 5374 (Feb. 3, 2003)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 42246, Aug. 3, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2575.502c-3 Adjusted civil penalty under section 502(c)(3).

In accordance with the requirements of the 1990 Act, as amended, the maximum amount of the civil monetary penalty established by section 502(c)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), is hereby increased from $100 a day to $110 a day. This adjusted penalty applies only to violations occurring after July 29, 1997.