Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[Notices] [10/19/2000]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[10/19/2000]
Volume 65, Number 203, Page 62753-62754
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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 collection of the following
information collections: (1) Application to Employ Special Industrial
Homeworkers and Workers with Disabilities (WH-2, WH-226, and WH-226A);
and (2) Request for Employment Information (CA-1027). Copies of the
proposed information collection requests 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 December 18, 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:
Applications To Employ Special Industrial Homeworkers and Workers
With Disabilities (WH-2, WH-226, WH-226A)
I. Background
Section 11(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) authorizes the
Secretary of Labor to regulate, restrict, or prohibit industrial
homework as necessary to prevent evasion of the minimum wage
requirements of the Act. The Department of Labor has restricted
homework in seven industries to those employees who obtain
certificates. Individual certificates may be issued to any industry for
an individual homeworker who is unable to leave home because of a
disability or must remain home to care for an invalid. Section 14c of
the FLSA provides for the employment of workers with disabilities at
subminimum wages in order to prevent curtailment of employment
opportunities for such individuals.
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Employers utilizing the provisions of Section 14c must obtain
certificates issued by the Department of Labor. The WH-2 is used by
employers to obtain certificates to employ individual homeworkers in
one of the restricted homework industries. The WH-226 and supplemental
data Form 226A are used by employers to obtain authorization to employ
workers with disabilities in certain establishments at subminimum
wages.
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 approval to collect
this information in order to provide employers wishing to employ
homeworkers and workers with disabilities under the provisions of
sections 11(d) and 14(c) of the FLSA, with the necessary certificates
for such employment.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Application for Special Industrial Homeworker's Certificate
(WH-2); Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities
at Special Minimum Wages (WH-226); Supplemental Data Sheet for
Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities at
Special Minimum Wages (WH-226A).
OMB Number: 1215-0005.
Agency Numbers: WH-2, WH-226, WH-226A.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Farms; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Frequency: On occasion.
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Time per
Form Respondents Responses response (min) Burden hours
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WH-2................................ 50 50 30 25
WH-226.............................. 4,500 4,500 45 3,375
WH-226A............................. 4,500 12,000 45 9,000
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Total Respondents: 4,550.
Total Responses: 16,550.
Estimate Total Burden Hours: 12,400.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $1,638.
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.
Request for Employment Information (CA-1027)
I. Background
Payment of compensation for partial disability to injured Federal
workers is required by 5 U.S.C. 8106. That section also requires the
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) to obtain information
regarding a claimant's earnings during a period of eligibility to
compensation. The CA-1027, Request for Employment Information, is the
form used to obtain information for an individual who is employed by a
private employer. The information is used to determine the claimant's
entitlement to compensation benefits.
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 approval to collect
this information in order to determine a claimant's eligibility for
compensation benefits.
Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Request for Earnings Information.
OMB Number: 1215-0105.
Agency Numbers: CA-1027.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Respondents: 500.
Total Responses: 500.
Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $180.
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 13, 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.
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