[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61369-61370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21990]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Job Openings and Labor 
Turnover Survey (JOLTS)

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-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.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before November 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Comments 
are invited

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on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the Department, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimates of the burden and cost of the collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 
(JOLTS) collects data on job vacancies, labor hires, and labor 
separations. The data can be used as demand-side indicators of labor 
shortages. These indicators of labor shortages at the national level 
greatly enhance policy makers' understanding of imbalances between the 
demand and supply of labor. Presently there is no other economic 
indicator of labor demand with which to assess the presence of labor 
shortages in the U.S. labor market. The availability of unfilled jobs 
is an important measure of tightness of job markets, symmetrical to 
unemployment measures. For additional substantive information about 
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
July 1, 2022 (87 FR 39565).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 
(JOLTS).
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0170.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits, 
State, Local, or Tribal Governments, Federal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,663.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 103,956.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 17,326 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-21990 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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