DOL Seeks Feedback to Lighten Compensation Survey Load
Published Date: 7/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants your thoughts on updating the National Compensation Survey to make sure it’s easy to understand and doesn’t waste your time or money. This survey affects workers and businesses who share pay and benefits info. You’ve got a chance to comment before changes happen, helping keep paperwork light and clear!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Businesses May Face Easier Reporting
The Department of Labor is soliciting comments on revising the National Compensation Survey to minimize reporting burden and financial costs for respondents. If you run a business that provides pay and benefits data, you can comment now to help make the survey clearer and reduce the time and money your organization spends on reporting.
Workers Can Comment on Pay Survey
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is asking the public to comment on a proposed revision of the National Compensation Survey under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. If you are a worker who shares pay and benefits information, you have a chance to tell the agency how to make the survey easier to understand and to reduce the time and money it takes to respond.
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