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Form LM-30

Revised Form LM-30 Information

Note: This revised form is required for reports covering the filer's fiscal year beginning August 16, 2007 and thereafter.

Information on current Form LM-30 is here.

On July 2, 2007 the Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) published a final rule revising Form LM-30 Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report and instructions. The Final Rule is effective for fiscal years beginning August 16, 2007 and thereafter. The current Form LM-30 may be filed for reports covering any fiscal year beginning before that date.

This rule clarifies the Form LM-30 and its instructions by explaining key terms and providing examples of the financial matters that must be reported, eliminates or modifies administrative exceptions in the old Form LM-30 that impeded the full disclosure of financial matters that constitute conflicts, or potential conflicts, of interest, and improves the usability of the reports by union members and the public. For example, a union officer must file a report if he or she receives income from a business that sold goods or services to, or otherwise had dealings with, an employer whose employees the union represents. An additional example requiring a report would be the employment of an officer's spouse by a company that does business with the union. Revised Form LM-30 is used by officers and employees of labor organizations subject to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA).

The LMRDA requires public disclosure of certain financial interests held, income received, and transactions engaged in by labor organization officers and employees and their spouses and minor children. Subject to certain exclusions, these interests, incomes, and transactions include: 1) payments or benefits from, or interests in, an employer whose employees the filer's union represents or is actively seeking to represent; 2) transactions involving interests in, or loans to or from, an employer whose employees the filer's union represents or is actively seeking to represent; 3) interests in, income from, or transactions with a business a substantial part of which consists of dealing with an employer whose employees the filer's union represents or is actively seeking to represent; 4) interests in, income from, or transactions with a business that deals with the filer's union or a trust in which the filer's union is interested; 5) transactions or arrangements with an employer whose employees the filer's union represents or is actively seeking to represent; and 6) payments from an employer or labor relations consultant.

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When Is The Filing Deadline?

Labor organization officers and employees who are required to file Revised Form LM-30 must do so within 90 days after the end of their fiscal year, which for most individuals is the calendar year.

Effective Date of Revised Form LM-30

The Revised Form LM-30 must be filed by a labor organization officer or employee for reports covering any of his or her fiscal years that begin on or after August 16, 2007. The current Form LM-30 may be filed for reports covering any fiscal year beginning before that date.

Final Rule    (HTML) (PDF)

Notice of Correction to Final Rule (HTML) (PDF)

Note: This notice corrects the Final Rule revising Form LM-30 Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report and Instructions that was issued on July 2, 2007. In that document, the effective date of the final rule (August 16, 2007) was omitted from one paragraph in the preamble and the beginning date for the mandatory submission of Form LM-30 reports filed under the final rule (November 16, 2008) was inadvertently omitted from the same paragraph.

Fillable Revised Form LM-30   (PDF)

Note: Fillable Revised Form LM-30 supports Adobe version 6.x and Adobe 7 and is not compatible with Adobe 8 at this time.

Facsimile of Revised Form LM-30     (PDF)

Revised Form LM-30 Instructions    (PDF)   (HTML)

Revised Form LM-30 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Fact Sheet: Filing Revised Form LM-30 - An Overview of Union Officer and Employee Reporting     (PDF)   (HTML)      

*PowerPoint Presentation: Filing Revised Form LM-30 - An Overview of Union Officer and Employee Reporting (PowerPoint Show (pps) format - 317 KB)

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Current Form LM-30 Information

Note: This form may be filed for reports covering fiscal year beginning prior to August 16, 2007.

Union officers or employees (except employees performing exclusively clerical or custodial services) must file a Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report, Form LM-30, if they or their spouses or minor children have certain interests or dealings. The reporting requirements are designed to disclose possible conflicts between personal interests and the officer's or employee's duty to the union and its members. As a result, a union officer or employee is required to report matters that involve his or her personal finances or those of a spouse or minor child. For example, a union officer must file a report if he or she receives income from a business that sold goods or services to, or otherwise had dealings with, an employer whose employees the union represents. An additional example requiring a report would be the employment of an officer's spouse by a company that does business with the union.

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Download a blank Form LM-30     (PDF)

Form LM-30 Instructions    (PDF)     (HTML)

Fact Sheet: Filing Form LM-30 - An Overview of Union Officer and Employee Reporting     (PDF)     (HTML)     (Additional Guidance For Filing Form LM-30)

Form LM-30 Advisory - De Minimis Exemption Increased

PowerPoint Presentation: Filing Form LM-30 - An Overview of Union Officer and Employee Reporting (PowerPoint Show (pps) format - 1 MB)

 

Last Updated: 02/28/08



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