DOL Wants Feedback on Unemployment Appeals Paperwork Extension
Published Date: 1/26/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to keep collecting info about unemployment benefit appeals to track how states handle them. They’re asking for your thoughts by March 27, 2026, to make sure the process stays clear and doesn’t waste anyone’s time or money. This helps keep the system fair and running smoothly for people dealing with benefit decisions.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Continued Monitoring Protects Benefit Claimants
DOL will continue collecting monthly appeals data so it can monitor how states handle unemployment appeals and make remedial plans. The notice says keeping this data helps keep the system fair and running smoothly for people dealing with benefit decisions and that missing the data could delay finding problems and cause time-consuming, costly corrective action.
Data Used to Set Administrative Funding
The Benefit Appeals Report data is used to produce workload forecasts and to determine administrative funding for State Workforce Agencies. That funding determination will be informed by the monthly reports collected under OMB Control Number 1205-0172.
Monthly Reporting by State Agencies
State Workforce Agencies must keep submitting the ETA-5130 Benefit Appeals Report every month. The collection lists 53 respondents, is monthly (1 hour per response), totals 1,272 annual responses and 1,272 annual burden hours, and is covered by OMB Control Number 1205-0172.
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