Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania June 21, 2000 (American Belt Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board)

lead-opinion

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Section 320(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act,1 77 P.S. § 672(a) provides that an employer who illegally hires an underage employee must pay a fifty per cent penalty in addition to standard workers’ compensation benefits if that underage employee is injured.