Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[12/02/2003]
Volume 68, Number 231, Page 67486
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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 collection: Fair Labor Standards Act
Recordkeeping Requirements. 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 February 2, 2004.
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
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets minimum wage, overtime pay, child
labor and recordkeeping standards for employees engaged in interstate
commerce in certain enterprises. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires
that all employers covered by the Act make, keep, and preserve records
of employees and of wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of
employment. This information collection is currently approved for use
through May 31, 2004.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[sbull] 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 approval for the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
enforce the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Fair Labor Standards Act Recordkeeping Requirements.
OMB Number: 1215-0017.
Affected Public: Business of other for-profit; Individuals or
households; Farms; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency: Weekly.
Annual Respondents: 5,800,000.
Annual Responses: 5,800,000.
Average Time per Recordkeeper: 1 hour.
Total Burden Hours: 1,015,798.
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: November 24, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-29947 Filed 12-1-03; 8:45 am]
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