[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35530-35531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17190]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

June 20, 1997.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following information 
collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review procedures, to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been requested by July 8, 1997. A 
copy of the ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance 
Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ((202) 219-5096, extension 143).
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attention: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office 
of Management and Budget, Room 1035, Washington, D.C. 20503 ((202) 395-
7316).
    The Office of Management and Budget 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.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) and Report of Federal 
Employment and Wages (RFEW).
    Agency Form Number: BLS 3020.
    OMB Number: 1220-0134. (revision)
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, not 
for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, local, or 
tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 117,911.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 22.2 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 174,508 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Description: The ES-202 Program is a Federal/State cooperative 
effort which compiles monthly employment and quarterly wage data. These 
data are collected from State Quarterly Contribution Reports submitted 
to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) by employers subject to 
State Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws. The ES-202 Report, produced for 
each calendar quarter, is a summary of these employer (micro-level) 
data by industry at the county level. Similar data for Federal 
Government employees covered by the Unemployment Compensation for 
Federal Employees (UCFE) Program are also included in each State 
report. These data are submitted by all 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) which then summarizes the macro-level data to produce 
totals for the States and the Nation. The ES-202 Report provides a 
virtual census of nonagricultural employees and their wages, with about 
47 percent of the workers in agriculture covered as well.
    As part of the ES-202 Program, the States also send micro-level 
employment and wages data, supplemented with the names and addresses of 
the employers, to BLS. These States' data are used to create the BLS 
sampling frame, known as the Business Establishment List. This file 
represents one of the best sources of detailed industrial and 
geographical data on employers and is used as the sampling frame for 
most BLS surveys. The Business Establishment List

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includes the individual employer employment and wages data along with 
associated business identification information that is maintained by 
each State to administer the UI program as well as the UCFE program.
    For employers having only a single physical location (worksite) in 
the State and, thus, operating under a single assigned industrial and 
geographical code, the data from the States' UI accounting file are 
sufficient for statistical purposes. Such data, however, are inadequate 
for statistical purposes for those employers having multiple 
establishments or engaged in different industrial activities within the 
State. In such cases, the employer's Quarterly Contributions Report 
reflects only Statewide employment and wages and is not disaggregated 
by establishment or worksite. Although this level of data is sufficient 
for many purposes of the UI Program, more detailed information is 
required to create a sampling frame and meet the needs of several 
ongoing Federal/State statistical programs. As a result of the Multiple 
Worksite Report, improved establishment business identification data 
elements have been incorporated into and maintained on the Business 
Establishment List. Establishment identification data elements that are 
included in the Business Establishment List are a physical location 
address, secondary name (division, trade name, subsidiary, etc.), and 
reporting unit description (store number, plant name or number, etc.) 
for each worksite of multi-establishment employers.
    Employers with more than one establishment reporting under the same 
UI account number within a State are requested to complete the Multiple 
Worksite Report if the sum of the employment in all of their secondary 
establishments is ten or greater. The primary worksite is defined as 
the establishment with the greatest number of employees. Upon receipt 
of the first Multiple Worksite Report form, each employer is requested 
to supply business location identification information. Thereafter, 
this reported information is computer-printed on the Multiple Worksite 
Report each quarter. The employer is requested to verify the accuracy 
of this business identification information and only provide the 
employment and wages for each worksite for the quarter. By using a 
standardized form, the reporting burden on many large employers, 
especially those engaged in multiple economic activities at various 
locations across numerous States, has been reduced.
    Comparable to the Multiple Worksite Report, the function of the 
Report of Federal Employment and Wages is to collect employment and 
wage data for each installation of a Federal agency. The Report of 
Federal Employment and Wages aids in the development and maintenance of 
business identification information by installation. The Report of 
Federal Employment and Wages was modeled after the Multiple Worksite 
Report and is used only to collect data from Federal agencies covered 
by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-17190 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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