[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2534-2535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1368]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations

    1. Payment of Compensation Without Award (LS-206);
    2. Certification of Funeral Expenses (LS-265);
    3. Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation (LS-207);
    4. Application for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at 
Subminimum Wages in Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture 
(WH-200-MIS)

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: (1) Payment 
of Compensation Without Award; (2) Certification of Funeral Expenses; 
(3) Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation; (4) Application 
for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages in 
Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture.
    Copies of the proposed information collection requests can be 
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 1996. 
Written comments should address whether the proposed information 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency; the accuracy of the burden (time and financial resources) 
estimates; ways to minimize burden including the use of automated 
collection techniques or the use of other forms of information 
technology; and other relevant aspects of the information collection 
request.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., N.W., Room S-3201, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone 
(202) 219-7601 (this is not a toll-free number), fax 202-219-6592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Payment of Compensation Without Award

I. Background

    The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits 
to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable waters of 
the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by an 
employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. Under 
the Act, a self-insured employer or insurance carrier is required to 
pay compensation within 14 days after the employer has knowledge of the 
injury or death. Upon making the first payment, the employer or carrier 
must immediately notify the deputy commissioner of the payment. This 
form has been designated as the form on which report of first payment 
is to be made.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to monitor 
the payment status of a given case.

Certification of Funeral Expenses

I. Background

    The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits 
to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable waters of 
the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by an 
employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. The 
Act provides that reasonable funeral expenses not to exceed $3,000 
shall be paid in all compensable death cases. Form LS-265 has been 
provided for use in submitting the funeral expenses for payment.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of this information 
collection in order to carry out its responsibility for monitoring and 
processing death cases. It is used to certify the amount of funeral 
expenses incurred in the case.

Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation

I. Background

    The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits 
to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable waters of 
the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by an 
employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. 
Pursuant to the Act, if an employer controverts the right to 
compensation he/she shall file with the deputy commissioner in the 
affected compensation district on or before the fourteenth day after he 
has knowledge of the alleged injury or death, a notice, in accordance 
with a form prescribed by the Secretary of 

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Labor, stating that the right to compensation is controverted. This 
form is used for that purpose.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to determine the basis for not paying 
benefits in a case, and to inform the injured claimant of the reason(s) 
for not paying compensation benefits.

Application for Authority To Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum 
Wages in Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture

I. Background

    The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires the Secretary of Labor 
to provide certificates authorizing the employment of full-time 
students at 65% 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 and prescribe safeguards to protect full-time 
students so employed and full-time employment opportunities of other 
workers. 29 CFR Part 519 sets forth the application requirements, the 
terms and conditions for the employment of students at subminimum 
wages. This voluntary use form is prepared and signed by an authorized 
representative of an employer applying for authorization to employ 
full-time students at subminimum wages. The completed form is reviewed 
by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to determine 
whether to grant or to deny subminimum wage authority to the applicant.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to provide employers with the certification 
necessary to pay students at subminimum wages, to protect full-time 
students so employed, and to protect the full-time opportunities of 
other workers.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Payment of Compensation Without Award.
    OMB Number: 1215-0022.
    Agency Number: LS-206.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Total Estimated Cost: Unknown.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,550.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Certification of Funeral Expenses.
    OMB Number: 1215-0027.
    Agency Number: LS-265.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 195.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Estimated Cost: $68.00.
    Total Burden Hours: 49.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation.
    OMB Number: 1215-0023.
    Agency Number: LS-207.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Estimated Cost: $7,040.00.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,725.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at 
Subminimum Wage in Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture.
    OMB Number: 1215-0032.
    Agency Number: WH-200-MIS.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other 
For-Profit; Not-for-Profit Institutions; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10-30 minutes.
    Total Estimated Cost: Unknown.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,100.

    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: January 22, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Chief, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, 
Administration and Planning Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-1368 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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