Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity and Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes
Published Date: 2/3/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor is asking for public feedback on a plan to collect info about workers who might run out of unemployment benefits and the help they get to find new jobs. This affects states and unemployed workers, aiming to improve how quickly people return to work. Comments are open until March 5, 2026, and the goal is to make the process smoother without adding extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
State reporting: big time burden
The Department of Labor requires States to identify Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants likely to exhaust benefits and to report reemployment activities using the ETA 9048 and ETA 9049 forms. The affected public is State, Local, and Tribal Government (OMB Control Number 1205-0353); DOL estimates 5 respondents, 205,383 responses, and a total annual time burden of 273,037 hours, with $0 annual other costs. DOL is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) authorization for this information collection for three (3) years.
Unemployed people: profiling for reemployment help
If you receive Unemployment Insurance, the Department of Labor requires States to profile claimants who are most likely to exhaust benefits and to provide reemployment services aimed at speeding return to suitable work. The program’s activities and outcomes will be tracked through ETA 9048 (activity) and ETA 9049 (outcomes) reports as part of an information collection now under OMB review (comments due March 5, 2026).
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