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Originally Posted by Sly
The interesting thing about "penalties" is in some industries it's against the law and can land you in really deep water. In other industries it's pretty normal. For example, penalties in construction contracts are not uncommon. However, if you start docking employees at your local retail store because they were chewing gum, DoL gets a little pissed off.
Out of curiosity, was the ID in question still valid? I'm asking because it's clearly 10 years old and 10 year IDs are not common (though possible, Arizona for example has a ridiculous timeframe.) To me she looks to be the same person as her ID, so I'm not quite sure why else someone would have flagged her unless her ID is expired. And if that was the case, that's an easy fix.
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What they are saying is that the ID does not belong to her, when it does - not that it's old. This performer is Colombian. In that country and others, you get your national ID when you turn 18 (for many the only photo ID they will ever have) and it does not expire. You can get a new one if you lose it but it's a mile of red tape and days in line. So yes it's still valid.
Regarding fines in general, I have been fined before by them and in those cases I didn't have proof they were wrong so I didn't complain, instead I kicked some ass in my own organization. They could have just communicated with me though, but whatever at least there's a fair chance they were correct, in this case there isn't.