Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Guam Military Base Realignment Contractors Recruitment Standards
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor is updating rules for contractors working on Guam military base projects to make sure they recruit U.S. workers fairly and report their hiring efforts online. Contractors must post job openings on national and state job sites and send reports to Guam’s labor office. Comments on these rules are open until February 14, 2025, helping improve job chances for American construction workers without adding big costs or delays.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Contractors Must Post Jobs, Report Hiring
If you are a contractor on Guam military base construction projects, you must post construction job openings on an internet job bank with national coverage and on several state workforce agency job banks, and submit documentation of recruitment results to the Guam Department of Labor (GDOL). The Department of Labor estimates this information collection affects 62 respondents, with a total annual time burden of 93 hours and total annual other costs of $3,401 (OMB Control Number 1205-0484).
Hiring Rules Aim to Help U.S. Construction Workers
The rule requires an expanded effort to recruit U.S. and other eligible workers for employment on Guam military base realignment construction projects by posting openings on a national job bank and several state job banks and submitting recruitment reports to the Guam Department of Labor. The Department of Labor states these recruitment requirements increase employment opportunities for U.S. construction workers.
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