[Federal Register: October 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 195)]
[Notices]
[Page 58667-58668]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection
Requirements
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Employment of Apprentices, Messengers and
Learners (Including Student-Learners and Student-Workers), Forms WH-205
and WH-209. A copy of the proposed information collection request can
be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before December 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 14(a)
requires that the Secretary of Labor, to the extent necessary to
prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, provide by regulations
or orders for the employment of categories of workers who, under
special certificates, may be paid less than the generally applicable
minimum wage set by section 6(a)(1) of the FLSA. 29 U.S.C. 206(a),
214(a); see also 29 CFR 520.200. This section also authorizes the
Secretary to set limitations on such employment as to time, number,
proportion, and length of service. 29 U.S.C. 214(a). These workers
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include apprentices, messengers, and learners (including student-
learners and student-workers). 29 CFR 520.200. Regulations found at 29
CFR Part 520 contain the provisions that implement the section 14(a)
requirements. Form WH-205 is the application an employer uses to obtain
a certificate to employ student-learners at wages lower than the
general federal minimum wage. Form WH-209 is the application an
employer uses to request a certificate authorizing the employer to
employ learners and/or messengers at subminimum wage rates. There is no
application form that employers complete to obtain authority from DOL
to employ apprentices at subminimum wages. This information collection
is currently approved for use through April 30, 2009.
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly
interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the approval
for the extension of this currently approved information collection in
order to carry out its responsibility under the special minimum wage
program.
Type of Review: Extension.
AGENCY: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Employment of Apprentices, Messengers, and Learners
(Including Student-Learners and Student-Workers).
OMB Number: 1215-0192.
Agency Number: WH-205 and WH-209.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 700.
Total Annual Responses: 700.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping: Reporting.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 350.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $315.00. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included
in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
Hazel M. Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-23639 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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