# 2025-00376: Government Gives Up on Plan to Fine Maritime Employers

2025-00376, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Civil Money Penalties Procedures; Withdrawal, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-13, effective 2025-01-13 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00376
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00376
- Title: Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Civil Money Penalties Procedures; Withdrawal
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-13
- Effective: 2025-01-13
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Government Gives Up on Plan to Fine Maritime Employers

## Summary

The Department of Labor is hitting pause and withdrawing its plan to change how penalties are handled under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. This affects workers, employers, and insurers involved in harbor and longshore work. No new penalty rules will take effect for now, as the agency wants to gather more feedback and align changes with tech upgrades before moving forward.

## Abstract

The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed new procedures for assessing and adjudicating penalties under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA).

## Effects PRIA read

- Business rules pause on penalties: benefit, medium. If you are an employer or insurer involved in longshore or harbor work, the Department of Labor withdrew its proposed procedures for civil money penalties under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The withdrawal is effective January 13, 2025, so the proposed new penalty procedures w…
- Workers see status quo continued: mixed, low. If you are a longshore or harbor worker, the planned changes to how civil money penalties are assessed under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act will not take effect for now. The withdrawal is effective January 13, 2025, and OWCP says it will engage stakeholders and await IT moderniz…

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## Sources
- [2025-00376 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00376/longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act-civil-money-penalties-procedures-withdrawal)
- [2025-00376 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-13/pdf/2025-00376.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00376 (as of 2026-06-11).