Notice 15 Jan 2025 information collection, public comments, department of labor, unemployment insurance

📄Notice on Labor Department Information Collection Activities

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Compliance, Economic Analysis 15 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, information collection, department of labor, unemployment insurance, employment training administration

📊DOL Seeks Comments on Nonmonetary Determination Report Changes

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning proposed revisions and extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Nonmonetary Determination Activities Report." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

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Compliance, Employment Initiatives, Labor Market Trends 15 Jan 2025 employment, department of labor, temporary workers, livestock, h-2a program

🐄Ratification of H-2A Program Rules by Department of Labor

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's ratification of the rule published December 16, 2021, titled Adjudication of Temporary and Seasonal Need for Herding and Production of Livestock on the Range Applications Under the H-2A Program.

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Information Collection, Labor Compliance 15 Jan 2025 information collection, department of labor, labor regulations, unemployment insurance, alien claims

📄DOL Notice on Alien Claims Activity Report Information Collection

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Compliance Requirements, Employment Initiatives 15 Jan 2025 compliance, department of labor, recordkeeping, work applications, job orders, employment regulations

📋Notice on Work Application/Job Order Recordkeeping by DOL

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Work Application/Job Order Recordkeeping." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Services 15 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, financial services, employee benefits, department of labor, asset management, ubs

⚖️UBS Receives Exemption from Certain Prohibited Transactions

This exemption provides conditional prospective relief that allows current and future asset managers under the UBS corporate umbrella (UBS QPAMs) to continue to rely on PTE 84-14 for the five-year period from June 12, 2024, through June 11, 2029, notwithstanding four judgments of conviction involving entities within the UBS and CSAG (Credit Suisse AG) corporate umbrellas. The exemption also provides conditional retroactive relief to UBS QPAMs covering their reliance on PTE 84-14 during the one-year period from June 12, 2023, through June 11, 2024.

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Compliance, Financial Implications 15 Jan 2025 compliance, employee benefits, department of labor, fiduciary responsibilities, prohibited transaction exemption

📄Amendment to PTE 2002-51

This document amends Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51, an exemption for certain transactions identified in the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. PTE 2002-51 is a related class exemption that allows excise tax relief from excise taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for certain eligible transactions corrected pursuant to the VFC Program. This amendment to PTE 2002-51 is being finalized in connection with the Department's amendment and restatement of the VFC Program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register (2025 VFC Program). These amendments simplify and expand the VFC Program and exemptive relief to make the Program and exemption easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. The amendment to PTE 2002-51 affects plans, participants and beneficiaries of such plans, and certain other persons engaging in such transactions.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Employment Initiatives 15 Jan 2025 department of labor, employment initiatives, guam, contractors, recruitment standards, military base

📋DOL Recruitment Standards Notice for Guam Military Contractors

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Regulatory Compliance, Employment Initiatives 13 Jan 2025 labor regulations, agriculture, department of labor, employment compliance, h-2a

🌾H-2A Nonimmigrant Employment Regulations Impact on Agriculture

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's and the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division's ratification of the rule published October 12, 2022, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States.

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Regulations, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 agriculture, government contracts, transportation, government procurement, customs duties and inspection, imports, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, motor vehicle safety, employment, aliens, intergovernmental relations, penalties, law enforcement, motor vehicles, immigration, investigations, housing, business regulations, whistleblowing, health, airmen, civil penalties, trade agreements, inflation adjustments, insurance, department of labor, surety bonds, employee benefit plans, health insurance, construction industry, labor, monetary penalties, housing standards, wages, watches and jewelry, black lung benefits, indians-arts and crafts, labor management relations, lie detector tests, minimum wages, migrant labor, child labor, labor compliance, longshore and harbor workers, mine safety and health, homeworkers, miners, mines, teachers, maternal and child health, workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, clothing

💼2025 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment - Labor Impact

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2025 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.

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