Employment and Training Administration – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that the WIAC will meet for three days, virtually. Information for public attendance at the virtual meeting will be posted at www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa/wiac/meetings several days prior to the meeting date. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is expanding protection and support for U.S. workers adversely impacted by foreign trade by revising its Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers program (TAA Program) regulations. This final rule will, among other improvements, make it easier for workers to qualify for job search and relocation allowances, increase those allowances in line with the statute, expand training to include more flexibility for apprenticeships, ensure workers have access to individualized assessments, make it easier for groups of workers to apply for benefits, and offer assistance to additional categories of workers, including by helping workers in jobs threatened by foreign trade to receive training and support to transition to new employment.

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed request for authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled ``Job Corps Hall of Fame and Successful Graduate Nomination.'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Common Performance Reporting OMB Control No. 1205-0526.'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

This notice announces a change in benefit payment status under the EB program for Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding each States' EB status:

This notice announces a change in benefit payment status under the EB program for New Hampshire, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Ohio, and Oregon.

The Department of Labor's (DOL or Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, ``IRAP Program and Performance Reports for Standards Recognition Entities.'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Alien Claims Activities Report.'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

This notice announces a change in benefit payment status under the EB program for Connecticut. The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding Connecticut's EB status: Connecticut's 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) for the week ending April 11, 2020 was 5.09 percent, which exceeds 120 percent of the corresponding rate in the prior two years. This IUR caused Connecticut to be triggered ``on'' to an EB period that began April 26, 2020. The State will remain in an EB period for a minimum of 13 weeks.

This notice announces a change in benefit payment status under the EB program for Michigan.

Title I of WIOA requires the U.S. Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to update and publish the LLSIL tables annually, for uses described in the law (including determining eligibility for youth). WIOA defines the term ``low-income individual'' as one whose total family annual income does not exceed the higher level of the poverty line or 70 percent of the LLSIL. This issuance provides the Secretary's annual LLSIL for 2020 and references the current 2020 Health and Human Services ``Poverty Guidelines.''