DOL Extends Collection on Worker Benefit Payment Adjustments
Published Date: 6/5/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to keep collecting info about changes in benefit payments, like when benefits stop, pause, go down, or go up. This helps make sure the forms are easy to use and don’t waste your time or money. If you get benefits, this affects you, and the agency is asking for your thoughts before they keep using these forms.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Continued Benefit-Change Notice Collection
The Department of Labor plans to continue collecting information using the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs' form titled "Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction, or Increase in Benefit Payment." If you receive benefits, you will still be asked to provide this information, and the agency says the forms are being managed to minimize how much time and money it takes to respond. The Department is also asking the public for comments on this continued information collection.
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