Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[04/20/2005]
Volume 70, Number 75, Page 20600-20601
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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: Application for Authority
to Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages in Retail/Service
Establishments or Agriculture (WH-200 and WH-202). 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 June 20, 2005.
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 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.,
sections 14(b)(1) and 14(b)(2) require the Secretary of Labor to
provide certificates authorizing the employment of full-time students
at 85 percent of the applicable minimum wage in retail or service
establishments and in agriculture, to the extent necessary to prevent
curtailment of opportunities for employment. These provisions set
limits on such employment as well as prescribe safeguards to protect
the full-time students so employed and full-time employment
opportunities of other workers. Sections 519.3, 519.4 and 519.6 of
Regulations, 29 CFR Part 519, Employment of Full-Time Students at
Subminimum Wages, set forth the application requirements as well as the
terms and conditions for the (1) employment of full-time students at
subminimum wages under certificates and (2) temporary authorization to
employ such students at subminimum wages. The WH-200 and WH-202 are
voluntary use forms that are prepared and signed by an authorized
representative of the employer to employ full-time students at
subminimum wage. This information is used to determine whether a retail
or service or agricultural employer should be authorized to pay
subminimum wages to full-time students pursuant to the provisions of
section 14(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. This information
collection is currently approved for use through October 31, 2005.
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
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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 of the extension of this
information collection to grant employer requests to employ students at
subminimum wages.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Titles: Application for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at
Subminimum Wages in Retail/Service Establishments or Agriculture.
OMB Number: 1215-0032.
Agency Numbers: WH-200 and WH-202.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Farms; Individual or
households; No-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 240.
Total Annual Responses: 240.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 43.
Estimated Time Per Response: 10 to 30 minutes.
Frequency: Annually.
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: April 14, 2005.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-7891 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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