[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14614-14615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5627]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

March 22, 2007.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (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 
each ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained 
from RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number)/e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent of Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Office for the Employment Standards 
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these 
are not a toll-free numbers), 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 validly 
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 appropriated 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technologies collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Employment Information Form.
    OMB Number: 1215-0001.
    Form Number: WH-3.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,500.
    Estimated Average Response Time: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,667.
    Total Estimated Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or 
purchasing services): $0.
    Description: Form WH-3 is an optional form complainants (e.g., 
current and former employees, unions, and, competitor employers) may 
use to provide information about alleged violations of the labor 
standards administered by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. 
Department of Labor. Complaints themselves or WHS staff, using 
information provided by the complainants, complete the forms. WHD staff 
use the completed to obtain information about employer compliance with 
the provisions of the various labor standards laws enforced by the WHD 
and to determine if the agency has jurisdiction to investigate the 
alleged violation(s). WHD makes for form available in both English and 
Spanish. When the WHD schedules to complaint-based investigation, the 
agency makes the completed Form WH-3 part of the investigation case 
file.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Claim for Reimbursement-Assisted Reemployment.
    OMB Number: 1215-0178.
    Form Number: CA-2231.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Business and other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 80.
    Estimated Average Response Time: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $34.
    Description: Information collected on Form CA-2231 provides DOL 
with the necessary remittance information for the employer, documents 
the hours of work, certifies the payment of wages to the claimant for 
which reimbursement is sought, and summarizes the nature and costs of 
the wage reimbursement

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program for a prompt decision by the Department's Office of Worker 
Compensation Programs (OWCP).
    Failure to collect this information would prevent timely and 
accurate reimbursement to employers, hinder the documentation of 
disbursement from the Fund, and obstruct implementation of the assisted 
reemployment program.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-5627 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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