The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule that increases civil monetary penalties the DOL assesses and enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The increases apply to penalties assessed after January 23, 2019 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), which the DOL is responsible for enforcing. The rule amends the OSH Act’s penalty structure as follows: