[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 130 (Friday, July 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 38663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10634]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 29, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment Standards 
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Wage Statement.
    OMB Number: 1215-0148.
    Form Numbers: WH-501 (English) and WH-501 (Spanish).
    Frequency: On occasion and per pay period.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping; Reporting; and Third party 
disclosure.
    Affected Public: Farms and Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,385,864.
    Number of Annual Responses: 41,344,000.
    Estimated Average Response Time: 1 minute.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 689,067.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Sections 201(d) and 301(c) of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) and section 500.80 of 
Regulations 29 CFR part 500, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection, require that each farm labor contractor, agricultural 
employer, and agricultural association which employs any migrant or 
seasonal worker, make, keep, and preserve records for three years for 
each worker. These records include the basis on which earnings are 
paid, the number of piece work units earned, if paid on piece work 
basis, the number of hours worked, the total pay period earnings, the 
specific sums withheld and the purpose of each sum withheld, and the 
net pay. It is also required that an itemized written statement of this 
information be provided to each worker each pay period. The WH-501 
(English) and WH-501 (Spanish) are optional forms which a farm labor 
contractor, agricultural employer and agricultural association can 
maintain as a record and provide as a statement of earnings to migrant 
and seasonal agricultural workers and users of such workers listing the 
method of payment of wages.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-10634 Filed 7-6-06; 8:45 am]
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