Week ending Feb. 5: Labor Department publishes 5 notices

There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Feb. 5, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Occupational Safety and Health Administration National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH): Notice of Meeting, was submitted on February 4, 2022.

The Labor Department published 10 the week before, marking a 50 percent decrease.

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 in week ending Feb. 5

Title	Publication Date
Occupational Safety and Health Administration National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH): Notice of Meeting	02/04/2022
Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request	02/03/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; International Price Program U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes	02/02/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Work-Study Program of the Child Labor Regulations	02/01/2022
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health	01/31/2022