Office of Labor-Management Standards; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
[06/20/2007]
Volume 72, Number 118, Page 34050
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Office of Labor-Management Standards; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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 proposed extension of the collection of
information requirements implementing Executive Order (EO) 13201--
Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees. 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 August 20, 2007.
ADDRESSEE: 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
President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13201 (EO 13201) on
February 17, 2001 to require non-exempt Government contractors and
subcontractors to post notices informing their employees that under
Federal law those employees have certain rights related to union
membership and use of union dues and fees. The Order also provides the
text of contractual provisions that Federal Government contracting
departments and agencies must include in every non-exempt Government
contract. The contractual provisions require contractors to post a
notice, informing employees that they cannot be required to join a
union or maintain membership in a union as a condition of employment
and that portion of dues or fees not used for collective bargaining,
contract administration, and grievance adjustment may be refunded to
the employee.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) administers the
complaint and waiver request procedures of Executive Order 13201
pursuant to its implementing regulatory provisions (29 CFR part 470).
This information collection is currently approved for use through
November 30, 2007.
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 (DOL) seeks extension of approval to
collect this information in order to carry out its responsibility to
enforce Executive Order 13201. If this information collection is not
conducted, Executive Order 13201 could not be enforced through the
complaint procedure; contractors would not be able to avail themselves
of the process for obtaining a waiver from the posting requirements in
appropriate circumstances.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues
or Fees.
OMB Number: 1215-0203.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government.
Total Respondents: 30.
Total Responses: 30.
Average Time per Response: 6.1 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 182.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management andBudget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: June 14, 2007.
Hazel 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. E7-11887 Filed 6-19-07; 8:45 am]
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