[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13821-13822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6860]


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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 the following proposed extension collections: 
(1) Regulations, 29 CFR Part 825, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993; and (2) Notice of Recurrence of Disability and Claim for 
Continuance of Pay/Compensation (Form CA-2a). A copy of the proposed 
information collection requests can be obtained by contacting the 
office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before May 25, 1999. 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.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricial A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 825, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (WH-380 and WH-381)

I. Background

    The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires private 
section employers of 50 or more employees, and public agencies, to 
provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible 
employees for certain family and medical reasons. Records are required 
so that the Department of Labor can determine employer compliance with 
FMLA.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks an extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its statutory obligation under 
FMLA to investigate and ensure employer compliance with the Act.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: 29 CFR Part 825, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
    OMB Number: 1215-0181.
    Agency Number: WH-380 and WH-381.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal 
government.
    Total Respondents: 3.9 million.
    Frequency: Recordkeeping; Reporting on occasion.
    Total Responses: 9.1425 million.
    Time per Response: 1 minute to 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 645,625.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $ 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $ 0.

Notice of Recurrence of Disability and Claim for Continuation of 
Pay/Compensation (CA-2a)

I. Background

    The CA-2a is a form used by current, or occasionally former Federal

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employees, to claim wage loss or medical treatment resulting from a 
recurrence of a work-related injury while Federally employed. The form 
is required of the public, and thus subject to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, in cases where the claimant has left Federal employment at 
the time of a claimed recurrence. The information is necessary to 
ensure accurate benefit payments.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to determine whether a claimant has suffered 
a recurrence of disability related to an accepted injury, and, if so, 
the amount of benefits payable.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Notice of Recurrence of Disability and Claim for 
continuation Pay/Compensation.
    OMB Number: 1215-0167.
    Agency Number: CA-2a.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: 550.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Total Responses: 550.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 275.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $198.00.
    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: March 16, 1999.
Eleanor Smith,
Deputy Director, Office of Management, Administration and Planning 
Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-6860 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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