Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, FEDERAL REGULATIONS—EEOC increases penalty for violating notice-posting requirements from $680 to $698, (Sep 30, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

Adjusting for inflation, the Commission is increasing the maximum penalty per violation specified in 29 CFR 1601.30(a).

The EEOC has issued a final rule adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalty for violating the notice-posting requirements in Title VII, the ADA, GINA, and the PWFA from its current $680 to $698. The adjustment was made pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990.

Calculation. The adjustment was calculated by comparing the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for October 2023 with the CPI-U for October 2024, resulting in an inflation adjustment factor of 1.02598. The inflation adjustment factor (1.02598) was then multiplied by the most recent civil penalty amount ($680) to calculate the inflation-adjusted penalty level ($697.6664). The inflation-adjusted penalty was then rounded to the nearest dollar ($698). Accordingly, the Commission is now adjusting the maximum penalty per violation specified in 29 CFR 1601.30(a) from $680 to $698.

The final rule is effective today.

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