Form 790G Book Enrollment

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U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data Collection Center
dccaddress
dcccity, dccst dcczip
dccphone

February 18, 2011
Attn: Payroll Manager
Con_Firm
Con_Address
Con_City, Con_State Con_Zipcode
Dear Payroll Manager:
A data collection specialist from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will soon telephone to ask
your company’s help with determining the nation’s monthly counts of employment. The person
whose name appears below will be the one who will be calling you. The focus of this call will be
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to gather information about your payroll that includes the 12 day of the month.
The Data Collection Specialist assigned to your business:
Telephone number:

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userphone

The call is to explain the reasons for including your company in the production of the nation’s
employment numbers and answer any questions you might have. We also want to:
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Confirm your business address and location.
Confirm whether we have the correct state Unemployment Insurance account number (UI#)
for your company.
Ask how frequently employees of your company are paid and whether you have more than
one payroll.

Your company was selected as a part of a scientific sample of businesses throughout the United
States. The BLS 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 (Title 5 of Public Law 107-347),
the information you provide to the BLS will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your
informed consent.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Your assistance in producing this important
information about our nation’s economy is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,

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dcccntct
Data Collection Center Manager

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► Some Definitions For The Questions On The Next Page That May Be Helpful.
Column 1 EMPLOYEE COUNT

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Enter the total number of persons who worked or received pay for any part of the pay period including the 12 of the month.
Include:

Exclude:

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Elected or appointed officials
Full-time or part-time workers
Trainees
Workers on paid vacation
Workers on paid sick leave
Workers on other paid leave
Workers on active duty, if receiving pay from employer

Institution inmates
Outside contractors and their workers
Pensioners
Workers on active duty, if not receiving pay from
employer
 Workers on leave without pay the entire pay period
 Workers on strike the entire pay period
 Workers of State and Local school systems

Column 2 WOMEN EMPLOYEE COUNT
Enter the number of employees in column 1 who are women.

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► Information We Have For Your Firm:
Contact: Attn: Payroll Manager2
Primary Name
address
city, state zipcode
Tel:
Ext: con_ext
Fax: con_fax

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Report Number: reptnum2
Location: location
UI Number:
Industry Code:
Email: email_addr

Your Report Number is: reptnum
► When your payroll is reported for the pay period that includes the date of mon1_expl
12th we will only ask for answers to these two questions.
Column 1
Month

EMPLOYEE
COUNT

Column 2
WOMEN
EMPLOYEE
COUNT

Pay period that includes

mon1 12th year1

► Each following month, we will call for the pay period that includes the 12th of each
month. You can keep a record of what’s reported each month below:
Month

EMPLOYEE
COUNT

WOMEN
EMPLOYEE
COUNT

Pay period that includes

mon2 12th year2
mon3 12th year3
mon4 12th year4
mon5 12th year5
mon6 12th year6
We will send you another form for reporting after mon6_footer year6_footer.
Please keep this form to use when the Data Collection Specialist calls you to complete the survey. Thank You!

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Thank you for your help! The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will use the information you
provide in determining the nation’s job count as part of the Current Employment Statistics
(CES) program.
The CES is the nation’s monthly indicator of employment trends. This monthly report of the
nation’s employment is depended on by the Federal Reserve, government agencies, banks, and
others to assess the nation’s economy and to help you make decisions about your operations.
On the first Friday of every month major media outlets across the country publish the nation’s
job count. BLS is responsible for compiling these statistics from information gathered from
thousands of firms like yours. This statistic, along with other leading economic indicators
produced by BLS provides businesses with information critical in planning for growth and
success.
You can find data from the Current Employment Statistics program, along with information
from other BLS programs, on our web site, http://www.bls.gov/.
If you have any questions about reporting or the CES program, please contact the Data
Collection Specialist listed on page 1 of this form.
Our Frequently Asked Questions page is located at:
http://www.bls.gov/respondents/ces/home.htm.
Your assistance in maintaining the quality of our nation’s economic data is greatly appreciated.

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 of 2002 (Title 5 of Public Law 107347) and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your informed consent.
Please note this report is mandatory in North Carolina, under Section 96-4(g) (l) of the North Carolina Employment Security Law;
in Oregon, under the Oregon Revised Statute 657.660; in Washington, under the Revised Code of Washington sections 50.12.010,
50.12.070, and 50.12.180; and in South Carolina, under Section 41-29-120 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (for firms
employing more than twenty individuals). Form Approved OMB No. 1220-0011. We estimate that it will take an average of 6
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 (12200011), 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212. You are not required to respond to the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number

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