STATE OF INDIANA LABOR SURPLUS AREAS

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS ANNOUNCED THE NEW LISTING OF ELIGIBLE LABOR SURPLUS AREAS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2007, THE LIST WILL REMAIN IN  EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2008.  EMPLOYERS LOCATED IN LABOR SURPLUS AREAS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENCE IN BIDDING ON FEDERAL PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. THE CURRENT ANNUAL LABOR SURPLUS AREA ELIGIBILITY LIST IS BASED UPON EACH AREAS AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO CALENDAR YEARS. THE REFERENCE PERIOD USED FOR THE CURRENT LIST WAS JANUARY 2005 THROUGH DECEMBER 2006. TO BE INCLUDED ON THIS LIST, AN AREA MUST HAVE HAD AN AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF AT LEAST 6.0 PER CENT DURING THE TWO-YEAR REFERENCE PERIOD.  THIS NEW QUALIFYING RATE WILL BE USED IN DETERMINING THE CLASSIFICATION OF ALL CIVIL JURISDICTIONS WITH A POPULATION OF  25,000 OR MORE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PL 99-272 WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE JULY 7, 1986. LABOR SURPLUS AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2007 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 COUNTY           COUNTY           COUNTY           COUNTY -------------    -------------    -------------    ------------- BLACKFORD         GRANT            MADISON          STEUBEN   CLAY                 GREENE            MIAMI              SULLIVAN    CRAWFORD         HENRY             NOBLE             VERMILLION  DEKALB             HOWARD         ORANGE              VIGO......   DELAWARE........JENNINGS........RANDOLPH.........WABASH...        FAYETTE.....  ......LAKE..................SCOTT...........WASHINGTON    FRANKLIN....... .LAWRENCE........STARKE.............WAYNE......  CITIES ------------- ANDERSON IS ELIGIBLE EAST CHICAGO IS ELIGIBLE ELKHART CITY IS ELIGIBLE....BALANCE OF ELKHART CO IS NOT ELIGIBLE GARY IS ELIGIBLE HAMMOND IS ELIGIBLE KOKOMO IS ELIGIBLE MARION IS ELIGIBLE MICHIGAN CITY IS ELIGIBLE..BALANCE OF LAPORTE CO IS NOT ELIGIBLE MUNCIE IS ELIGIBLE RICHMOND IS ELIGIBLE SOUTH BEND IS ELIGIBLE...BALANCE OF ST JOSEPH CO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TERRE HAUTE IS ELIGIBLE AREAS CAN ALSO BE CLASSIFIED AS LABOR SURPLUS AREAS ON THE BASIS OF EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.  UNDER THIS PROCEDURE, STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES MAY PETITION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF AREAS WHEN THE AREA UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS MAJOR PLANT CLOSINGS, NOT REFLECTED IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT DATA FOR THE TWO-YEAR REFERENCE PERIODS.  LOCAL OFFICE MANAGERS SHOULD FORWARD ALL REQUESTS FOR CLASSIFICATIONS UNDER THIS PROVISION IN INDIANA TO RESEARCH AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, INDIANA DEPT. OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LABOR SURPLUS AREAS CLICK HERE: LSAs FROM DOL

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 10 NORTH SENATE STREET INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA  46204