Labor Department publishes notice on Aug. 11

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Working Group Studying Issues Surrounding the Trend in the Defined Benefit Plan Market With a Focus on Employer-Sponsored Hybrid Plans Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Meeting.

The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Labor Department on Aug. 11

Title
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
Portable Fire Extinguishers (Hydrostatic Test Certification Record); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
Robertshaw Controls Co. Including Leased Workers of Volt Services Group Fort Collins, Colorado; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Siebe Appliance Controls (Currently Known as Invensys Appliance Controls) Cooking and Refrigeration Division Including Roger Walter Thomas Winterset, Iowa; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA Transitional Worker Adjustment Assistance
International Business Corporation (IBM) Storage Systems Division (SSD) San Jose, California; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
Camco Inc., REDA Division, Midland, TX; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Investigation Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Lady Carol Dresses, a Subsidiary of Duryea Industries; Duryea, PA, New York, NY; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Thunderbird Mining Eveleth and Forbes, Minnesota; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration
Siemens ICN a/k/a Siemens Information Communications Networks, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
Jahmpasa USA, Incorporated, Vass, NC; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Carhartt, Inc., McKenzie, Tennessee; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
Don-Nan Machine and Manufacturing Midland, Texas; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Chapman Services, Odessa, TX; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration
Broughton Operating Corp., Houston, Texas; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
General Electric Company, Motors and Transformers Divisions, Fort Wayne, IN; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Boise Cascade Corporation, Paper Engineering Department, Boise, ID; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration
Working Group Studying Issues Surrounding the Trend in the Defined Benefit Plan Market With a Focus on Employer-Sponsored Hybrid Plans Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Meeting
Working Group on the Benefit Implications Due to the Growth of a Contingent Workforce Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Meeting
107th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting
Proposed Exemptions; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MM)
Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 1915.172(d)); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
Working Group Exploring the Possibility of Using Surplus Pension Assets To Secure Retiree Health Benefits Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Meeting
Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (Inspection Certification Records) (29 CFR 1910.180(d), (g)(1) and (g)(2)(ii); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
Hazard Communication Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements