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Dated: January 7, 2016.
Jerri Murray,
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Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
North American Agreement on Labor
Cooperation Notice of Determination
Regarding Review of Submission
#2015–04
Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of Trade and Labor
Affairs (OTLA) gives notice that on
January 11, 2016, Submission #2015–04
regarding Mexico was accepted for
review pursuant to Article 16(3) of the
North American Agreement on Labor
Cooperation (NAALC).
On November 12, 2015, the United
Food & Commercial Workers Local 770,
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the Frente Autentico del Trabajo, the
Los Angeles Alliance for a New
Economy, and the Project on
Organizing, Development, Education,
and Research, provided a submission to
OTLA, through Change to Win, alleging
violations of the NAALC by the
Government of Mexico (GOM). U.S.
Submission #2015–04 alleges that the
GOM has failed to meet its obligations
under the NAALC, including to
effectively enforce its labor laws with
respect to freedom of association,
collective bargaining, discrimination,
minimum labor standards, occupational
safety and health, and workers’
compensation and to ensure that its
labor law proceedings are fair, equitable,
and transparent.
OTLA’s decision to accept the
submission for review is not intended to
indicate any determination as to the
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validity or accuracy of the allegations
contained in the submission. The
objective of the review will be to gather
information so that OTLA can better
understand the allegations contained in
the submission and publicly report on
the issues raised therein in light of the
GOM’s obligations under the NAALC.
As set out in the Procedural Guidelines
(published as 71 FR 76691 (2006)),
OTLA will complete the review and
issue a public report to the Secretary of
Labor within 180 days of this
acceptance, unless circumstances, as
determined by OTLA, require an
extension of time.
DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Levin, Director, OTLA, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room S–5303,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–4900. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article
16(3) of the NAALC requires that each
Party’s National Administrative Office
provide for the submission and receipt
of public communications
(‘‘submissions’’) regarding labor law
matters arising in the territory of
another Party and review those
submissions in accordance with
domestic procedures. A Federal
Register notice issued on December 21,
2006, informed the public that the
OTLA had been designated as the office
to serve as the contact point for
implementing the labor provisions of
United States free trade agreements and
had retained the functions of, and
designation as, the National
Administrative Office to administer
Departmental responsibilities under the
NAALC. The same Federal Register
notice informed the public of the
Procedural Guidelines that OTLA would
follow for the receipt and review of
public submissions (71 FR 76691
(2006)). These Procedural Guidelines
are available at https://www.dol.gov/ilab/
media/pdf/2006021837.pdf. According
to the definitions contained in the
Procedural Guidelines (Section B) a
‘‘submission’’ is ‘‘a communication from
the public containing specific
allegations, accompanied by relevant
supporting information, that another
Party has failed to meet its
commitments or obligations arising
under a labor chapter’’ of a U.S. free
trade agreement or Part Two of the
NAALC.
The Procedural Guidelines specify
that OTLA shall consider six factors, to
the extent that they are relevant, in
determining whether to accept a
submission for review:
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1. Whether the submission raises
issues relevant to any matter arising
under a labor chapter or the NAALC;
2. Whether a review would further the
objectives of a labor chapter or the
NAALC;
3. Whether the submission clearly
identifies the person filing the
submission, is signed and dated, and is
sufficiently specific to determine the
nature of the request and permit an
appropriate review;
4. Whether the statements contained
in the submission, if substantiated,
would constitute a failure of the other
Party to comply with its obligations or
commitments under a labor chapter or
the NAALC;
5. Whether the statements contained
in the submission or available
information demonstrate that
appropriate relief has been sought under
the domestic laws of the other Party, or
that the matter or a related matter is
pending before an international body;
and
6. Whether the submission is
substantially similar to a recent
submission and significant, new
information has been furnished that
would substantially differentiate the
submission from the one previously
filed.
U.S. Submission #2015–04 alleges
that the GOM has failed to meet its
obligations under the NAALC, including
to effectively enforce its labor laws with
respect to freedom of association,
collective bargaining, discrimination,
minimum labor standards, occupational
safety and health, and workers’
compensation and to ensure that its
labor law proceedings are fair, equitable,
and transparent.
In determining whether to accept the
submission, OTLA considered the
statements in the submission in light of
the relevant factors identified in the
Procedural Guidelines. The submission
raises issues relevant to multiple
NAALC Labor Principles. The
submission clearly identifies the
submitters, is signed and dated, and is
sufficiently specific to determine the
nature of the request and permit an
appropriate review. The submission
raises pertinent issues that could further
the objectives of the NAALC and that
could, if substantiated, constitute a
failure of the GOM to comply with its
obligations under the NAALC. The
submitters provided both general
information and specific worker
interview results related to alleged
protection contracts and a description of
methodology and efforts to gain access
to registered collective bargaining
agreements through Web sites and GOM
officials. The submission notes that
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issues raised in the submission have not
been remedied to date. OTLA has not
received similar submissions related to
the NAALC obligations of the GOM.
Accordingly, OTLA has accepted the
submission for review.
OTLA’s decision to accept the
submission for review is not intended to
indicate any determination as to the
validity or accuracy of the allegations
contained in the submission. The
objective of the review will be to gather
information so that OTLA can better
understand the allegations contained in
the submission and to publicly report
on the issues raised therein. As set out
in the Procedural Guidelines, OTLA
will complete the review and issue a
public report to the Secretary of Labor
within 180 days, unless circumstances,
as determined by OTLA, require an
extension of time. The public report will
include a summary of the review
process, as well as any findings and
recommendations.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 7,
2016.
Carol Pier,
Deputy Undersecretary for International
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Evaluation of the
Disability Employment Initiative Round
5 and Future Rounds
Office of Disability
Employment Policy, Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents is properly
assessed. Currently, the Department of
Labor is soliciting comments concerning
the collection of data about the
Evaluation of the Disability
Employment Initiative Round 5 and
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Future Rounds. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR)
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
February 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: hunter.cherise@dol.gov; Mail or
Courier: Office of Disability
Employment Policy, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–1303, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210,
Attention: Cherise Hunter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cherise Hunter by telephone at 202–
693–4931 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at hunter.cherise@dol.gov.
Copies of this notice may be obtained in
alternative formats (Large print, Braille,
Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request by
calling (202) 693–7880 (this is not a tollfree number). TTY/TTD callers may dial
(202) 693–7881 to obtain information or
to request materials in alternative
formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The proposed information collection
activities described in this notice will
provide data for an impact and
implementation evaluation of the
Disability Employment Initiative Round
5 and future rounds (DEI R5FR). The
DEI was first funded by the U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL),
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) and Office of
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) in
2010. DEI was designed to improve
educational, training and employment
opportunities and outcomes of youth
and adults with disabilities who are
unemployed, underemployed and/or
receiving Social Security Disability
Income (SSDI), by refining and
expanding already identified successful
public workforce strategies; improving
coordination and collaboration among
employment and training and asset
development programs implemented at
state and local levels, including the
expansion of the public workforce
investment system’s capacity to serve as
Ticket to Work (TTW) Employment
Networks (ENs) under the Social
Security Administration’s (SSA) TTW
Program; and build effective community
partnerships that leverage public and
private resources to better serve
individuals with disabilities and
improve employment outcomes.
Thirty-one grants in Rounds 1–4 were
awarded from September 2010 to
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September 2014 to state government
agencies which distributed the funds to
their local workforce investment areas’
(LWIAs) American Job Centers (AJCs) to
implement these activities. In 2014,
ETA and ODEP provided $14,837,785 to
six Round 5 grantees. Round 6 grantees
were awarded cooperative agreements
in October 2015. Since 2010, the
Department of Labor has awarded over
$95 million in grants to state workforce
agencies. DEI Rounds 1–4 focused on
the implementation of strategic service
delivery strategies including integrated
resource teams, blending and braiding
of resources, use of the Guideposts for
Success (youth grantees only),
customized employment, selfemployment and asset development
strategies. R5FR will add career
pathways to the DEI service package.
The DEI R5FR impact study will use
two distinct quasi-experimental design
(QED) study designs to determine the
impact of DEI interventions on
participant outcomes. The first study
design is a matched comparison group
design, with the treatment and
comparison conditions established at
the LWIA level. The second design will
match similar participants within the
Round 5 grantee treatment LWIAs, with
the only primary difference being
enrollment in the career pathways
component versus enrollment in other
programs and services. The
implementation study will examine the
context in which each grant is being
implemented; grantee customer
characteristics; implementation of the
DEI requirements; what the grantee’s
DEI strategies are; program
implementation challenges; and systems
change.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on three
proposed data collection instruments
that will be used in the DEI evaluation:
(1) Site visit/interviews protocols. Site
visits will occur at three points in time
and will collect information on the
current status at baseline and change in
grantees’ workforce development system
at follow-up; grantee customer
characteristics; implementation of the
grant requirements and strategies;
program implementation challenges;
and system change.
(2) Participant tracking system. For
the purposes of tracking individual DEI
Round 5 participants and collecting
information that is not collected by
Workforce Investment Act Standardized
Record Data (WIASRD) or WagnerPeyser (W–P), a Participant Tracking
System (PTS) that is independent of the
WIASRD and W–P systems will be used.
The PTS will provide DEI customer
tracking information from participating
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation Notice of
Determination Regarding Review of Submission #2015-04
AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA) gives notice that
on January 11, 2016, Submission #2015-04 regarding Mexico was accepted
for review pursuant to Article 16(3) of the North American Agreement on
Labor Cooperation (NAALC).
On November 12, 2015, the United Food & Commercial Workers Local
770, the Frente Aut[eacute]ntico del Trabajo, the Los Angeles Alliance
for a New Economy, and the Project on Organizing, Development,
Education, and Research, provided a submission to OTLA, through Change
to Win, alleging violations of the NAALC by the Government of Mexico
(GOM). U.S. Submission #2015-04 alleges that the GOM has failed to meet
its obligations under the NAALC, including to effectively enforce its
labor laws with respect to freedom of association, collective
bargaining, discrimination, minimum labor standards, occupational
safety and health, and workers' compensation and to ensure that its
labor law proceedings are fair, equitable, and transparent.
OTLA's decision to accept the submission for review is not intended
to indicate any determination as to the validity or accuracy of the
allegations contained in the submission. The objective of the review
will be to gather information so that OTLA can better understand the
allegations contained in the submission and publicly report on the
issues raised therein in light of the GOM's obligations under the
NAALC. As set out in the Procedural Guidelines (published as 71 FR
76691 (2006)), OTLA will complete the review and issue a public report
to the Secretary of Labor within 180 days of this acceptance, unless
circumstances, as determined by OTLA, require an extension of time.
DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Levin, Director, OTLA, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room S-5303,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-4900. (This is not a toll-
free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 16(3) of the NAALC requires that
each Party's National Administrative Office provide for the submission
and receipt of public communications (``submissions'') regarding labor
law matters arising in the territory of another Party and review those
submissions in accordance with domestic procedures. A Federal Register
notice issued on December 21, 2006, informed the public that the OTLA
had been designated as the office to serve as the contact point for
implementing the labor provisions of United States free trade
agreements and had retained the functions of, and designation as, the
National Administrative Office to administer Departmental
responsibilities under the NAALC. The same Federal Register notice
informed the public of the Procedural Guidelines that OTLA would follow
for the receipt and review of public submissions (71 FR 76691 (2006)).
These Procedural Guidelines are available at https://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/pdf/2006021837.pdf. According to the definitions contained in the
Procedural Guidelines (Section B) a ``submission'' is ``a communication
from the public containing specific allegations, accompanied by
relevant supporting information, that another Party has failed to meet
its commitments or obligations arising under a labor chapter'' of a
U.S. free trade agreement or Part Two of the NAALC.
The Procedural Guidelines specify that OTLA shall consider six
factors, to the extent that they are relevant, in determining whether
to accept a submission for review:
1. Whether the submission raises issues relevant to any matter
arising under a labor chapter or the NAALC;
2. Whether a review would further the objectives of a labor chapter
or the NAALC;
3. Whether the submission clearly identifies the person filing the
submission, is signed and dated, and is sufficiently specific to
determine the nature of the request and permit an appropriate review;
4. Whether the statements contained in the submission, if
substantiated, would constitute a failure of the other Party to comply
with its obligations or commitments under a labor chapter or the NAALC;
5. Whether the statements contained in the submission or available
information demonstrate that appropriate relief has been sought under
the domestic laws of the other Party, or that the matter or a related
matter is pending before an international body; and
6. Whether the submission is substantially similar to a recent
submission and significant, new information has been furnished that
would substantially differentiate the submission from the one
previously filed.
U.S. Submission #2015-04 alleges that the GOM has failed to meet
its obligations under the NAALC, including to effectively enforce its
labor laws with respect to freedom of association, collective
bargaining, discrimination, minimum labor standards, occupational
safety and health, and workers' compensation and to ensure that its
labor law proceedings are fair, equitable, and transparent.
In determining whether to accept the submission, OTLA considered
the statements in the submission in light of the relevant factors
identified in the Procedural Guidelines. The submission raises issues
relevant to multiple NAALC Labor Principles. The submission clearly
identifies the submitters, is signed and dated, and is sufficiently
specific to determine the nature of the request and permit an
appropriate review. The submission raises pertinent issues that could
further the objectives of the NAALC and that could, if substantiated,
constitute a failure of the GOM to comply with its obligations under
the NAALC. The submitters provided both general information and
specific worker interview results related to alleged protection
contracts and a description of methodology and efforts to gain access
to registered collective bargaining agreements through Web sites and
GOM officials. The submission notes that
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issues raised in the submission have not been remedied to date. OTLA
has not received similar submissions related to the NAALC obligations
of the GOM. Accordingly, OTLA has accepted the submission for review.
OTLA's decision to accept the submission for review is not intended
to indicate any determination as to the validity or accuracy of the
allegations contained in the submission. The objective of the review
will be to gather information so that OTLA can better understand the
allegations contained in the submission and to publicly report on the
issues raised therein. As set out in the Procedural Guidelines, OTLA
will complete the review and issue a public report to the Secretary of
Labor within 180 days, unless circumstances, as determined by OTLA,
require an extension of time. The public report will include a summary
of the review process, as well as any findings and recommendations.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2016.
Carol Pier,
Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs.
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