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Plumbing board to make $4,000 per‑person penalty for employing unregistered workers nonnegotiable
Summary
Board directed staff to stop negotiating settlements for cases that involve employing unregistered or unlicensed workers, making the $4,000 per‑person penalty a nonnegotiable deterrent effective Jan. 1 and to publicize the change widely to encourage compliance.
The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners directed staff Dec. 3 to make penalties for employing unregistered or unlicensed workers nonnegotiable, using the statutory per‑person penalty cited in the enforcement materials as the baseline deterrent.
Chair and staff framed the change as a response to recurring enforcement encounters where employers allegedly placed unregistered workers on job sites. The board discussed that the existing approach frequently…
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