provided, shall constitute a separate offense which shall be
subject to a separate penalty. A first offense under this
subsection shall be graded as a summary offense. A second or
subsequent offense under this subsection, committed within a
five-year period of the prior offense, shall be graded as a
misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be punishable by a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation
who violates any other provision of this act or of any
regulation issued thereunder shall, upon conviction thereof [in
a summary proceeding], be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than [one hundred dollars ($100)] two hundred dollars ($200) nor
more than [five hundred dollars ($500), and each] one thousand
dollars ($1,000). Each day of such failure to comply with this
act or regulation, and each employe against whom the employer or
officer or agent of any corporation violated any other provision
of this act or regulation, shall constitute a separate
offense[.] which shall be subject to a separate penalty. A first
offense under this subsection shall be graded as a summary
offense. A second or subsequent offense under this subsection,
committed within a five-year period of the prior offense, shall
be graded as a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars
($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(d) In addition to any other civil remedy or criminal
penalty provided for in this act, the secretary may order an
employer to pay wages owed to an employe under this act and
impose a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000)
per violation of this act or the regulations, or twice the
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