Week ending March 12: Labor Department publishes 19 notices

There were 19 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending March 12, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, MET Laboratories, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition, was submitted on March 11, 2022.

The Labor Department published seven the week before, marking a 171.4 percent increase.

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 March 12

Title	Publication Date
MET Laboratories, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition	03/11/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities for H-2A Foreign Labor Certification Program; Comment Request	03/10/2022
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	03/10/2022
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Notice of Federal Agency With Adequate Safeguards To Satisfy the Requirements of the Federal Regulation on Confidentiality and Disclosure of Unemployment Compensation Information	03/10/2022
Proposed Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions	03/09/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request	03/09/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Request for Employment Information (CA-1027)	03/09/2022
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/08/2022
Amendments to Class Prohibited Transaction Exemptions To Remove Credit Ratings Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act	03/08/2022
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/08/2022
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards	03/08/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Request for a Medical or Religious Exception or Delay to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement	03/08/2022
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance	03/07/2022
Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance	03/07/2022
Request for Comment	03/07/2022
OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP) for Worker Safety and Health; Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	03/07/2022
UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards	03/07/2022
Inorganic Arsenic Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements	03/07/2022
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 Grants	03/07/2022