Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [02/14/2000]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [02/14/2000]
Volume 65, Number 30, Page 7397-7398
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
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 collections of Form WH-501
and WH-501S, Wage Statement (Wage and Hour Division). A copy of the
proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before April 14, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW, Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
requires that each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and
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agricultural association which employs any migrant or seasonal worker,
make, keep, and preserve records for three years for each worker
concerning the basis on which earnings are paid, the number of piece
work units earned, if applicable, the number of hours worked, the total
pay period earnings, the specific sums withheld and the purpose of each
sum withheld, and the net pay. It is also required that an itemized
written statement of this information be provided to each worker each
pay period. The WH-501 (English) and WH-501S (Spanish) are optional
forms which an employer may use for this purpose.
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 extension of this information
collection in order to carry out its responsibility to determine
compliance with applicable provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). While use of the forms is
optional, disclosure and maintenance of the information is required by
MSPA.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Wage Statement.
OMB Number: 1215-0148.
Agency Number: WH-501 and WH-501(S).
Affected Public: Farms; Businesses or other for-profit; individuals
or households.
Total Respondents: 1.4 million.
Frequency: Recordkeeping; Third party disclosure, Reporting on
occasion.
Total Responses: 34 million.
Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 566,667.
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 and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: February 8, 2000.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-3340 Filed 2-11-00; 8:45 am]
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