# 2025-00211: Pension Cops Inflate Their Fines for New Year

2025-00211, Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-08, effective 2025-01-08; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00211
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00211
- Title: Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-08
- Effective: 2025-01-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Pension Cops Inflate Their Fines for New Year

## Summary

Starting January 8, 2025, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is raising the fines for not sending important pension plan notices. If you’re involved with multiemployer or other pension plans, expect penalties up to $2,739 or $365 depending on the notice missed. These changes keep penalties fair by adjusting for inflation, so everyone stays on their toes!

## Abstract

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is required to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty for failure to provide certain notices or other material information and for failure to provide certain multiemployer plan notices.

## Effects PRIA read

- Higher Maximum Penalty for ERISA §4071 Notices: cost, low. Starting January 8, 2025, the maximum civil penalty under ERISA section 4071 for failing to provide certain notices or material information is adjusted to $2,739. The new maximum applies to penalties assessed after January 8, 2025.
- Higher Maximum Penalty for Multiemployer Notices: cost, low. Starting January 8, 2025, the maximum civil penalty under ERISA section 4302 for failing to provide required multiemployer plan notices is adjusted to $365. The new maximum applies to penalties assessed after January 8, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-00211 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2025-00211/adjustment-of-civil-penalties-for-inflation)
- [2025-00211 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2025-00211.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00211 (as of 2026-06-11).