Note to Reviewer - CA Mandatory Statement (2023)

MEMORANDUM FOR: Reviewer of 1220-0011

FROM: Sally Anderson

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics

Division of Current Employment Statistics

Current Employment Statistics (CES)

SUBJECT: California Mandatory Statement

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) seeks approval for a non-substantive update to the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program due to a change in the mandatory reporting status of California. The CES is a voluntary program under Federal Statute, but several states require mandatory reporting to state agencies. California recently revised its interpretation of state regulation and now mandates CES collection in the state. As such, the CES program is inserting the bolded statement below in the list of current mandatory states, for all CES electronic and paper data collection forms.

This report is authorized by law 29 U.S.C. 2. We request your cooperation to make the results of this survey comprehensive, accurate, and timely. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, its employees, agents, and partner statistical agencies, will use the information you provide for statistical purposes only and will hold the information in confidence to the full extent permitted by law. In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3572) and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your informed consent. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, Federal information systems are protected from malicious activities through cybersecurity screening of transmitted data.

Please note this report is mandatory in California, under Title 22 CCR § 320.5-1; in New Mexico, under NMAC 11.3.400.428; in Oregon, under the Oregon Revised Statute 657.660; in South Carolina, under Section 41-29-120 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (for firms employing more than twenty individuals); and in Puerto Rico, under State Law 15, Sections 5, 6 and 15, amended and approved on April 14, 1931.

We estimate that it will take an average of 10 minutes to complete this form each month including time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain the necessary data, and complete and review this information. If you have any comments regarding these estimates or any other aspects of this survey, send them to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Current Employment Statistics (1220-0011), [email protected]. You are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Form Approved OMB No. 1220-0011.