{"id":"DUT-VA-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3)","authority":"Va. Code Ann. section 40.1-49.4","instrument":"Va. Code section 40.1-49.4, Enforcement of this title and standards, rules or regulations for safety and health; orders of Commissioner; proceedings in circuit court; injunctions; penalties","title":"Enforcement of this title and standards, rules or regulations for safety and health; orders of Commissioner; proceedings in circuit court; injunctions; penalties","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"If the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that an employer has violated any safety or health provision of Title 40.1 or any standard, rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, he shall with reasonable promptness issue a citation to the employer.... such violation is determined to be a serious violation shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to $12,471","enforcement":"Civil penalties of up to $12,471 (non-serious; serious; per day of failure to abate) and $124,709 (willful or repeated), as adjusted under subsection P; criminal fine of up to $70,000 or six months for a willful violation causing death (up to $140,000 or one year on a second conviction); injunction in circuit court","functions":[],"notes":"Gives the Commissioner of Labor and Industry the citation, abatement-order, penalty and injunction powers that made section 40.1-51.1 and 16VAC25-220 enforceable against every employer: civil penalty of up to $12,471 for a non-serious violation (G), a mandatory civil penalty of up to $12,471 for a serious violation (H), up to $12,471 per day for failure to abate (I), up to $124,709 for a willful or repeated violation (J), and, for a willful violation causing an employee\u0027s death, a fine of up to $70,000 or imprisonment of up to six months, or both, doubled for a second conviction (K).","sourceUrl":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title40.1/chapter3/section40.1-49.4/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":102862,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VA","url":"/library/DUT-VA-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VA-006","citation":"General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 40.1, Chapter 3), Va. Code section 40.1-49.4, Enforcement of this title and standards, rules or regulations for safety and health; orders of Commissioner; proceedings in circuit court; injunctions; penalties (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-006)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-036","VA-037","DUT-VA-005","DUT-VA-007","DUT-VA-008"]}