[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60916-60917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24105]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Compensation Survey

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored 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 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before December 6, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Compensation Survey (NCS) is an 
ongoing survey of earnings and benefits among private firms, State, and 
local government. Data from the NCS program include estimates of wages 
covering broad groups of related occupations, and data that directly 
links benefit plan costs with detailed plan provisions. BLS is seeking 
approval to increase the NCS sample size for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 
to mitigate against the impacts of pandemic related non-

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response on survey estimates and ensure a sufficient number of units 
are collected to calculate the Employment Cost Index. The new sample 
size would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional 
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2020 (85 FR 35667).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. DOL seeks 
authorization for this information collection under OMB Control Number 
1220-0164. The current approval is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2024.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: National Compensation Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0164.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions; State, local, and tribal government.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,995.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 45,270.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 36,114 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: November 1, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-24105 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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