The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Department of Labor· Notice

UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards

Stage 21·first seen 606d ago·effective in 0d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for UL LLC, as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA announces the final decision to add two test standards to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.

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Federal Trade Commission· Rule

Telemarketing Sales Rule

Stage 3·first seen 683d ago·683d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 30d

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) adopts amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”) that, among other things, require telemarketers and sellers to maintain additional records of their telemarketing transactions, prohibit material misrepresentations and false or misleading statements…

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Department of Labor· Notice

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition

Stage 20·first seen 657d ago·effective in 694d

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the applications of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applications.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Retirement Savings Lost and Found

SUMMARY: The Department is proposing to collect information voluntarily in order to establish the Retirement Savings Lost and Found online searchable database described in section 523 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and to connect missing participants and other individuals who have lost…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 2024 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL)

SUMMARY: inter alia 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…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Native American Employment and Training Council

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, and Section 166(i)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), notice is hereby given of the next meeting of the Native American Employment and Training Council (NAETC or Council), as constituted under WIOA.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Attestation for Employers Seeking To Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, as Extended by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Joint Quarterly Narrative Performance Report

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Training Plans and Records of Training, for Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface Areas of Underground Mines

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office ofManagement and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

SUMMARY: The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) will meet May 8-9, 2024, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge covered facilities.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to modify its system of records titled, Small Business Investment Company Information System (SBICIS) (SBA 40), to update its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. Publication of this notice complies with the Privacy…

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