Notice2025-12502
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
July 7, 2025
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Labor DepartmentLabor Statistics Bureau
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey." A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the Addresses section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29893-29894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12502]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the ``Job Openings and
Labor Turnover Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in
the Addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before September 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, by email to
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) collects data on
job vacancies, labor hires, and labor separations. As the monthly JOLTS
time series grow longer, their value in assessing the business cycle,
the difficulty that employers have in hiring workers, and the extent of
the mismatch between the unused supply of available workers and the
unmet demand for labor by employers will increase. The study of the
complex relationship between job openings and unemployment is of
particular interest to researchers. While these two measures are
expected to move in opposite directions over the course of the business
cycle, their relative levels and movements depend on the efficiency of
the labor market in matching workers and jobs.
Along with the job openings rate, trends in hires and separations
may broadly identify which aggregate industries face the tightest labor
markets. The quits rate, the number of persons who quit during an
entire month as a percentage of total employment, may provide clues
about workers' views of the labor market or their success in finding
better jobs. In addition, businesses will be able to compare their own
turnover rates to the national, regional, and major industry division
rates.
The BLS uses the JOLTS form to gather employment, job openings,
hires, and total separations from business establishments. The
information is collected once a month at two BLS Data Collection
Centers (DCCs), located in Atlanta, Georgia and Kansas City, Missouri.
The information is collected using Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing (CATI), web reporting, email, and FAX. An establishment is
in the sample for 36 consecutive months.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The BLS is requesting
an extension to the existing clearance for the JOLTS. There are no
major changes being made to the forms, procedures, data collection
methodology, or other aspects of the survey. Increasing public interest
in the JOLTS Survey has led to the addition of state estimates and has
broadened incorporation of JOLTS data in economic analyses conducted by
Federal, State, and major economic research organizations.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
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<bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0170.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal
governments; Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Small businesses and organizations.
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Average time
Affected public Total Frequency Total per response Estimated
respondents responses (minutes) total burden
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Private........................................ 5,320 Monthly................................ 63,840 10 10,640
State, Local, & Tribal Gov't................... 835 Monthly................................ 10,020 10 1,670
Federal Gov't.................................. 291 Monthly................................ 3,492 10 582
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Totals..................................... 6,446 Monthly................................ 77,352 10 12,892
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Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed on June 30, 2025.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2025-12502 Filed 7-3-25; 8:45 am]
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