Notice2024-12809
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Fair Labor Standards Act Special Employment Provisions
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Published
June 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour Division (WHD)-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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 49910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12809]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Fair Labor Standards Act Special Employment
Provisions
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour
Division (WHD)-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 the agency
receives on or before July 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Neary by telephone at 202-
693-6312, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7f3f8fbe8e7e5f6e8e7e2f5fbfef4f7d3d8db99d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b6bdbeada2a0b3ada2a7b0bebbb1b2969d9edc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection pertains to the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., special
employment provisions. These provisions relate to restrictions on
industrial homework and to the use of special certificates that allow
for the employment of categories of workers who may be paid less than
the general Federal statutory minimum wage to the extent necessary to
prevent curtailment of their employment opportunities. For this
revision request specifically, the Department proposes to revise forms
WH-226 (Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities
at Special Minimum Wages), WH-226A (Supplemental Data Sheet for
Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities at
Special Minimum Wages), and the Department's web page with instructions
for section 14(c) certificate applications. The proposed changes are
nonsubstantive and clarify instructions for completing the WH-226 and/
or WH-226A forms via paper or electronic format. For additional
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2024 (89 FR 7743).
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.
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 PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-WHD.
Title of Collection: Fair Labor Standards Act Special Employment
Provisions.
OMB Control Number: 1235-0001.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal, State, local, or Tribal government.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 335,167.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,338,561.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 671,464 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $2,284.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michelle Neary,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-12809 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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