Notice2024-06054
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
March 22, 2024
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Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed reinstatement with change of the "Work Schedules Supplement (WSS) to the Current Population Survey (CPS)." A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20502-20503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06054]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
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. 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed reinstatement with change of the
``Work Schedules Supplement (WSS) to the Current Population Survey
(CPS).'' A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before May 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc8e809f939c9e8d939cb9aea0a5af8caea0bfe2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b7b9a6aaa5a7b4aaa58097999c96b5979986db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The purpose of this request for review is for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) to obtain clearance for the Work Schedule Supplement
(WSS or the supplement) to the Current Population Survey (CPS),
scheduled to be conducted in September 2024. This supplement was last
conducted with the May 2004 CPS.
The results of this supplement will increase our understanding of
work schedules (including shift work) and work at home for the employed
by various demographic characteristics, occupations, and industries.
The data will expand our understanding of current workplace
arrangements and how those arrangements have changed over time. Policy
makers also can use these data to inform the design of regulations for
different types of workers.
Since the supplement was last collected in 2004, work patterns and
policies have changed. The disruption of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic has had lasting impacts on work at home and increased the
demand for information about work at home. The Work Schedules
Supplement provides information on the number and characteristics of
people who work at home, including people who operate businesses from
their homes. It includes items about the frequency of work at home and
makes it easier to identify people who work entirely at home, a topic
of interest for researchers and policy makers. For those who work
entirely at home, there are new questions about whether they have a
worksite they could go to and why they don't work there.
As work at home is more common than in the past, there is a need to
have more information about the nature of this work, including
identifying people who work entirely at home and quantifying how much
people work at home. Policy makers lack information about hybrid work
(combining at-home and on-site work) from a large-scale comprehensive
labor force survey. For people who work at home some of the time, the
supplement asks about hours and days of the week worked at home,
including days worked exclusively at home. These items will shed light
on the intensity of work at home. There are also questions about work
at home on second jobs.
In terms of work schedules, the supplement includes questions to
identify shift workers and the reason people work a non-daytime shift.
Other questions ask whether people can vary their work hours (the time
they start and end work), days worked, or shift worked. Other questions
ask about how many and which days of the week people work (including
items about second jobs). The 2024 supplement also includes a question
about how far in advance workers know their work schedule. Researchers
and policy makers can use these data to identify people who lack
advance notice of their work schedule or may have unstable work
schedules.
Because this supplement is part of the Current Population Survey,
in which detailed demographic data are collected, estimates can be
produced for a variety of population groups. Given sufficient sample
size, comparisons will be possible across demographic characteristics
such as sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational
attainment. Comparisons by class of worker, industry, and occupation
will also be possible.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
reinstatement with change of the Work Schedules Supplement (WSS) to the
Current Population Survey (CPS). A reinstatement with change of this
previously approved collection, for which approval has expired, is
needed to provide the Nation with timely information about work
schedules (including shift work) and work at home.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary
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for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
<bullet> 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.
Title of Collection: Work Schedules Supplement (WSS) to the Current
Population Survey (CPS).
OMB Number: 1220-0119.
Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Number of Respondents: 47,000.
Number of Responses per Respondent: One.
Total Annual Responses: 47,000.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Total Burden Hours: 3,917 hours.
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 also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 15, 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-06054 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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