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, 2010, THE LIST WILL REMAIN IN  EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2011.  EMPLOYERS LOCATED IN LABOR SURPLUS AREAS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT CONSIDERATIONS. SEE LSA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) ISSUES THE LABOR SURPLUS AREA LIST ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS. THE LIST BECOMES EFFECTIVE EACH OCTOBER 1 AND REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 30. THE REFERENCE PERIOD USED IN PREPARING THE CURRENT LIST WAS JANUARY 2008 THROUGH DECEMBER 2009. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DURING THIS PERIOD WAS 7.6 PERCENT. THE QUALIFYING RATE FOR A LABOR SURPLUS AREA CLASSIFICATION IS 20 PERCENT ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.  THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AN AREA TO QUALIFY AS HAVING A SURPLUS OF LABOR FOR FY 2011 IS 9.1 PERCENT. THEREFORE, AREAS INCLUDED ON THE FY 2011 LABOR SURPLUS AREA LIST HAD AN AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 9.1 PERCENT OR ABOVE DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD. AREAS INCLUDED IN THE LIST ARE ALL COUNTIES, COUNTY EQUIVALENTS, BALANCE OF COUNTY (WHERE THE ENTIRE COUNTY DID NOT MAKE THE LABOR SURPLUS AREA LIST), AND CITIES WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN 25,000 AND THE QUALIFYING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. LABOR SURPLUS AREAS FROM OCTOBER 1, 2010 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY ADAMS DEKALB JENNINGS MIAMI TIPTON BLACKFORD FAYETTE KOSCIUSKO NOBLE VERMILLION CLAY FULTON LAGRANGE RANDOLPH WABASH CRAWFORD HENRY LAWRENCE STARKE WASHINTON DECATUR HUNTINGTON MARSHALL STEUBEN WHITLEY  . CITIES WITH BALANCE OF COUNTY WHERE APPLICABLE ------------- ANDERSON IS ELIGIBLE EAST CHICAGO IS ELIGIBLE ELKHART CITY  & BALANCE OF ELKHART COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE GARY IS ELIGIBLE GOSHEN IS ELIGIBLE HAMMOND IS ELIGIBLE HOBART IS ELIGIBLE KOKOMO & BALANCE OF HOWARD COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE MARION IS ELIGIBLE MICHIGAN CITY IS ELIGIBLE MISHAWAKA IS ELIGIBLE RICHMOND & BALANCE OF WAYNE COUNTY IS ELIGIBLE SOUTH BEND IS ELIGIBLE SEVERAL AREAS NOT ON THIS LSA LISTHAVE CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE FY 2011 LABOR SURPLUS QUALIFYING RATE OF 9.1 PERCENT. MOST OF THESE AREAS EXPERIENCED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT WERE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE LABOR SURPLUS QUALIFYING RATE OF 9.1 PERCENT FOR 2008 AND THE FIRST HALF OF 2009.THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR MOST OF THESE AREAS DID NOT BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN 9.1 PERCENT UNTIL AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2009 CAUSING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE REFERENCE PERIOD TO BE LOWER THAN 9.1 PERCENT. IF AN AREA DID NOT MAKE THIS YEAR'S LSA LIST AND IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT OR ABOVE THE QUALIFYING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IT MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ADDED TO THIS YEAR'S LSA LIST THROUGH AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE PETITION. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS AND EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE PETITION,SEE "DESCRIPTION OF LABOR SURPLUS AREAS". FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LABOR SURPLUS AREAS CLICK HERE: LSAs FROM DOL

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