Labor Department publishes rule on May 26

The US Labor Department published a three page rule on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on The Reorganization and Delegation of Authority for the Procedures Involving the Election of Officers in Federal Sector Labor Organizations; Filing Threshold for Simplified Annual Reports; and Instructions Regarding the Reports for Labor Organization Officer and Employee, Labor Organization Annual Report, Trusteeship, and Terminal Trusteeship.

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 May 26

Title
The Reorganization and Delegation of Authority for the Procedures Involving the Election of Officers in Federal Sector Labor Organizations; Filing Threshold for Simplified Annual Reports; and Instructions Regarding the Reports for Labor Organization Officer and Employee, Labor Organization Annual Report, Trusteeship, and Terminal Trusteeship
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; H-1B Technical Skills Training and Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants
Preparations for the 31st Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Access to Multiemployer Plan Information
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Requests