Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[06/15/2005]
Volume 70, Number 114, Page 34799
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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
for an Institution of Higher Education to Employ its Full-Time Students
at Subminimum Wages Under Regulations 29 CFR Part 519 (WH-201). 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 15, 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
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 14(b)(3), 29 U.S.C.
214(b)(3), authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide certificates
allowing institutions of higher education to employ their full-time
students at subminimum wages, to the extent necessary to prevent
curtailment of opportunities for employment. This section also sets
limits on such employment and protects the full-time employment
opportunities of other workers. The Department of Labor (DOL) has
issued Regulations 29 CFR part 519 to implement the statutory
provision. An institution of higher education uses Form WH-201, when
applying for authorization to pay subminimum wages to its full-time
students employed by the institution. The WH-201 application provides
the information necessary to ascertain whether the requirements of
section 14(b) have been met. This information collection is currently
approved for use through November 30, 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
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 Wage and Hour Division seeks the approval of the extension of
this information collection to carry out its responsibility to make a
determination whether to grant or deny subminimum wage authority to the
applicant. If the information were not collected, institutions of
higher education would not have a mechanism to apply for authorization
to pay full-time students at subminimum wages and job opportunities for
full-time students would be reduced.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Application for Authority for an Institution of Higher
Education to Employ its Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages under
Regulations 29 CFR Part 519.
OMB Number: 1215-0080.
Agency Number: WH-201.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 15.
Total Annual Responses: 15.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 to 30 minutes.
Burden Hours Per Response (Recordkeeping): 1 minute.
Estimated Total Burden Hours (Reporting and Recordkeeping): 5.
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: June 8, 2005.
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. 05-11781 Filed 6-14-05; 8:45 am]
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