Employers who skirt employment law will find themselves facing harsher penalties,says a filing by the Federal Register, after the Department of Labor has increasedpenalties for violations.

HRDive reports that employers will be on the hook for an average of 2%more across the board for any violations, according to a Bloomberg Law report, with maximum penalties for violatingminimum-wage and overtime rules increasing from $1,925 to $1,964, whilepenalties for child labor law violations have risen from $12,278 to$12,529 and those for violating anti-retaliation and discriminationlaws under visa programs are up from $20,111 to $20,521.

Those who endanger children will face some of the stiffesthikes, with penalties for workplace injuries or deaths of childworkers up from $55,808 to $56,947, while companies being penalizedfor the willful replacement of American workers under the H-1B visaprogram will pay $52,641, up from $51,588. The Federal CivilPenalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015requires government agencies to adjust maximum penalties forinflation.