[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76711-76712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31117]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Form ETA-9141, Application for Prevailing 
Wage Determination and Other Information Collections for Determining 
Prevailing Wages in Foreign Labor Certification Programs (OMB Control 
Number 1205-0508), Extension

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps 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 and Training Administration (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the Form ETA-9141, Application for 
Prevailing Wage Determination and other information collections for 
determining prevailing wages in foreign labor certification programs in 
OMB Control Number 1205-0508. The form and all information collections 
in this control number expire on March 31, 2016. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request can be obtained free of charge 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 
addresses section below on or before February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Renata Adjibodou, Center 
Director, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Suite 12-100, 
Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-
513-7350 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or 
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-513-7495. Email: [email protected] 
subject line: ETA-9141. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request (ICR) can be obtained free of charge by contacting the office 
listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The information collection (IC) is required by sections 203(b)(3); 
212(a)(5)(A); 212(m), (n), (p), (t); and 214(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(3); 1182(a)(5)(A); 1182(m), 
(n), (p), (t); and 1184(c)) and 8 CFR 214.2(h). The INA requires the 
Secretary of Labor to certify, among other things, that any foreign 
worker seeking to enter the United States (U.S.) for the purpose of 
performing certain skilled or unskilled labor temporarily or 
permanently will not, by doing so, adversely affect wages and working 
conditions of U.S. workers similarly employed. Before the Secretary of 
Labor can certify that wages for U.S. workers have not been adversely 
affected, he must ensure that the wages being paid the foreign workers 
are the same as those being offered and paid to U.S. workers.
    The information contained in the Form ETA-9141 is the basis for the 
Secretary's determination of the wage employers must pay foreign 
workers to protect against an adverse effect on wages as a result of 
the employment of a foreign worker. Prior to submitting requests for 
most labor certifications or a labor condition applications to the 
Secretary of Labor, employers must obtain a prevailing wage for the job 
opportunity based on the place of employment in order to ensure that 
U.S. workers' wages are not being adversely affected by paying foreign 
workers less than the prevailing wage. Form ETA-9141, Application for 
Prevailing Wage Determination, is used to collect the necessary 
information from employers to enable the Department to issue a 
prevailing wage for the occupation and location of the job offer. The 
Form ETA-9141 is used in the H-2B, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, and PERM programs 
administered by the Department. The Department is not proposing any 
changes to the collection and is requesting a three year extension.

II. Review Focus

    DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
     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.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Application for Prevailing Wage Determination.
    OMB Number: 1205-0508.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Private Sector--
businesses or other for profits, Government, State, Local and Tribal 
Governments.
    Form(s): ETA-9141, Application for Prevailing Wage Determination.
    Total Annual Respondents: 520,452.
    Annual Frequency: On Occasion.
    Total Annual Responses: 996,585.
    Average Time per Response: Various.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 448,349.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; 
they will also become a matter of public record. Commenters are 
encouraged not to submit sensitive information (e.g., confidential 
business information or

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personally identifiable information such as a social security number).

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2015-31117 Filed 12-9-15; 8:45 am]
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