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Senior Community Service Employment Program; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Additional Indicator on Volunteer Work
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) issues this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to seek feedback on a potential additional performance measure for volunteer work in the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). Specifically, this rule proposes to amend regulations concerning performance accountability under title V of the Older American Act and corresponding definitions. These regulations provide administrative and programmatic guidance and requirements for the implementation of the SCSEP.
Proposed Information Collection for the Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative; Comment Request
The U.S. 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 can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the collection of information for Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative (AWI). The information collection will not be conducted until approved by OMB and it will display the OMB control number. There will be no penalty assessed for failure to respond to this approved information collection. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Request for Certification of Compliance-Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program
The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: Lily Group, Inc. dba Landree Mine/Indianapolis, Indiana. Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant application is to construct a new mine and related buildings, purchase mining equipment, and to create working capital. The office and mine are to be located in Sullivan, Indiana and Greene County, Indiana, respectively. The NAICS industry code for this enterprise is: 212112 Bituminous Coal Underground Mining.
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period for Alaska and Wisconsin
This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under the Extended Benefits program for Alaska and Wisconsin. The following changes have occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding the States' EB status: The Total Unemployment Rate (TUR) data for August 2010, released on September 21, 2010, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, brought the three-month average seasonally adjusted TURs in Alaska and Wisconsin below the 8.0% threshold to remain ``on'' for a High Unemployment Period (HUP) in the Extended Benefits program. As a result, Alaska and Wisconsin concluded their HUP on October 16 and eligibility for claimants has been reduced from a maximum potential entitlement of 20 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 13 weeks in the Extended Benefits program. The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the Extended Benefit program can be found at: https://ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/ claimsarch.asp. A new trigger notice is posted at this location each week.
Announcement Regarding the Virgin Islands Triggering “on” to Tier Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)
Announcement regarding the Virgin Islands triggering ``on'' to Tier Three of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08). Public Law 111-205 extended provisions in public law 111-92 which amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EUC08 program can be found at: https:// ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claimsarch.asp. A new trigger notice is posted at this location each week that the program is in effect. Based on data published October 8, 2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the following trigger change has occurred for the Virgin Islands' EUC08 program: The seasonally-adjusted total unemployment rate for the 3- month period ending September 2010 for the Virgin Islands rose to 6.2 percent, causing the Virgin Islands to begin a payable period in the third tier of EUC effective October 24, 2010. Eligibility for claimants in the Virgin Islands will be increased from a maximum potential entitlement of 34 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 47 weeks in the EUC program. Information for Claimants
Announcement Regarding States Triggering “off” of Tiers Three and Four of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08)
Announcement regarding states triggering ``off'' of Tiers Three and Four of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program. Public Law 111-205 extended provisions in Public Law 111-92 which amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers Three and Four and provides the beginning and ending dates of payable periods for each qualifying state. The trigger notice covering state eligibility for the EUC08 program can be found at: https:// ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claimsarch.asp. A new trigger notice is posted at this location each week that the program is in effect. Based on data published September 21, 2010 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the following trigger changes have occurred for states in the EUC08 program: New Hampshire's three month average seasonally-adjusted TUR for August declined to 5.8%, below the 6.0% threshold to remain ``on'' Tier Three, hence the state triggered off of Tier Three. As a result, New Hampshire concluded its payable period in the third tier of the EUC program on October 16, 2010. Eligibility for claimants in New Hampshire have been reduced from a maximum potential entitlement of 47 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 34 weeks in the EUC program. Delaware's three month average seasonally-adjusted TUR for August 2010 declined to 8.4%, below the 8.5% threshold to remain ``on'' Tier Four hence the state has triggered off of Tier Four. As a result, Delaware concluded its payable period in the Fourth tier of the EUC program on October 16, 2010. Eligibility for claimants in Delaware has been reduced from a maximum potential entitlement of 53 weeks to a maximum potential entitlement of 47 weeks in the EUC program.
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Certifications for 2010 under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act
The Secretary of Labor signed the annual certifications under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3301 et seq., thereby enabling employers who make contributions to state unemployment funds to obtain certain credits against their liability for the federal unemployment tax. By letter, the certifications were transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. The letter and certifications are printed below.
Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Extension of the Comment Period
On October 5, 2010, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its regulations governing the certification of the employment of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal non-agricultural employment and the enforcement of the obligations applicable to employers of such nonimmigrant workers. The proposed rule provided a comment period for the regulatory text through November 4, 2010. The agency has received several requests to extend the comment period and has decided to extend the comment period for an additional 8 days, to November 12, 2010.
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