[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39186-39187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18820]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration


Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation; Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation (ACUC) was 
established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act on January 24, 1992 (57 FR 4007, Feb. 3, 1992). Public 
Law 102-164, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, 
mandated the establishment of the ACUC to evaluate the overall 
unemployment insurance program.
    The ACUC recently, through requests for proposals, commissioned 
researchers to prepare reports on a variety of topics associated with 
the ACUC's deliberations on the reform of the unemployment insurance 
system. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for 
presentation and discussion of the results of these research findings.

    Time and Place: The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. on August 17, 1995 and from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on August 18, 
1995 at Hampton Inn, 8 Mountain View Drive, Colchester, Vermont. A 
lunch break is 

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scheduled from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. on August 17, 1995 and from 
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on August 18, 1995.
    Agenda: Conference participants will present and discuss the 
following commissioned reports:

1. Do Employees Take Advantage of Free-Layoff Loopholes in 
Unemployment Insurance?
2. The Effects of UI Payroll Tax on Layoffs, Employment, and Wages: 
A Natural Experiment in Washington State
3. Unemployment Insurance and Household Welfare: Microeconomic 
Evidence 1980-93
4. Optimal Unemployment Insurance
5. The Role of UI in Addressing Structural Unemployment: Lessons 
from Other Nations
6. Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance
7. The Design of Extended Unemployment Benefit Programs
8. The Evaluation of Unemployment Insurance
9. Interstate Competition in the UI Program
10. Incentive Compatibility in Administering the UI System
11. Rethinking Federal and State Roles in Unemployment Insurance
12. The Unemployment Experience of Immigrants
13 Eligibility Disputes in UI: A Comparison of the U.S. and Other 
Systems
14. Understanding Denials and Appeals in the U.S.

    Public Participation: The meeting will be open to the public. 
Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Seats 
will be reserved for the media. Individuals with disabilities in 
need of special accommodations should contact the Designated Federal 
official (DFO), listed below, at least 7 days prior to the meeting.
    For Additional Information Contact: Esther R. Johnson, DFO, 
Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S4231, Washington, DC 
20210. She may be reached at (202) 219-7831 (this is not a toll-free 
number).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of July 1995.
Timothy M. Barnicle,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 95-18820 Filed 7-31-95; 8:45 am]
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