Labor Department publishes 10 notices in week ending Oct. 8

There were 10 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 8, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Labor Surplus Area Classification, was submitted on October 7, 2022.

The Labor Department published 13 the week before, marking a 23.1 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 Oct. 8

Title	Publication Date
Labor Surplus Area Classification	10/07/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data Exchange Standardization	10/06/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Efforts to Improve Outcomes	10/06/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages	10/06/2022
Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Exemptions	10/05/2022
Notice of Publication to the Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor	10/04/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries	10/04/2022
Efforts by Certain Foreign Countries To Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor; Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Forced or Indentured Child Labor in the Production of Goods in Foreign Countries; and Business Practices To Reduce the Likelihood of Forced Labor or Child Labor in the Production of Goods	10/04/2022
Workforce Information Advisory Council	10/03/2022
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as Amended	10/03/2022