The U. S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), announces the availability of funds to be awarded by Cooperative Agreement (hereinafter referred to as ?grant? or ?Cooperative Agreement?) to one or more qualifying organizations to increase compliance with laws regarding
employer payments to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS).
Specifically, the project will improve current systems to enforce compliance with laws regarding payments to the ISSS, and it will raise awareness among workers and employers about how they can verify that correct payments are being made and where to go if they are not being made.
ILAB is authorized to award and administer this program by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, P.
L.
No.
110-161, 121 Stat.
1844 (2007).
This project is funded from the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2007, Pub L.
110-05, 121 Stat 8 (2007) provided by the U. S. Department of State.
Cooperative Agreements awarded under this initiative will be managed by ILAB?s Office of Trade and Labor Affairs.
The duration of the project funded by this solicitation is three to four years.
The start date of program activities will be negotiated upon award of the Cooperative Agreement, but will be no later than September 30, 200 8.