[Federal Register: December 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 249)]
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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 proposed collection: Employment of Apprentices,
Messengers and Learners (Including Student-Learners and Student-
Workers), Forms WH-205 and WH-209. A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before February 27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210; telephone:
(202) 693-0418; fax: (202) 693-1451; e-mail: bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 14(a) requires that the Secretary
of Labor, to the extent necessary to prevent curtailment of employment
opportunities, provide by regulations or orders for the employment of
categories of workers who, under special certificates, may be paid less
than the statutory minimum wage. This section also authorizes the
Secretary to set limitations on such employment as to time, number,
proportion and length of service. These workers include apprentices,
messengers and learners, including student-learners and student-
workers. Regulations found at 29 CFR Part 520 contain the provisions
that implement the FLSA 14(a) requirements. Form WH-205 is the
application an employer uses to obtain a certificate to employ student-
learners at wages lower than the general federal minimum wage. Form WH-
209 is the application an employer uses to request a certificate
authorizing the employer to employ learners and/or messengers at
subminimum wage rates. There is no application form that employers
complete to obtain authority from DOL to employ apprentices at
subminimum wages. This information collection is currently approved for
use through July 31, 2006.
II. Review Focus
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.
III. Current Actions
The Wage and Hour Division seeks the approval of the extension of
this information collection to obtain wage data in order to determine
current prevailing wage rates in the various localities throughout the
country.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Employment of Apprentices, Messengers and Learners
(Including Student-Learners and Student-Workers).
OMB Number: 1215-0192.
Agency Number: WH-205 and WH-209.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 929.
Total Annual Responses: 929.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping; Reporting and Third-Party
Disclosure.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 465.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $371.60.
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: December 22, 2005.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-8015 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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