Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 34799 [05-11781]

Agencies

• Employment Standards Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 34799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11781]


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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: Application for Authority 
for an Institution of Higher Education to Employ its Full-Time Students 
at Subminimum Wages Under Regulations 29 CFR Part 519 (WH-201). 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 August 15, 2005.

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) section 14(b)(3), 29 U.S.C. 
214(b)(3), authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide certificates 
allowing institutions of higher education to employ their full-time 
students at subminimum wages, to the extent necessary to prevent 
curtailment of opportunities for employment. This section also sets 
limits on such employment and protects the full-time employment 
opportunities of other workers. The Department of Labor (DOL) has 
issued Regulations 29 CFR part 519 to implement the statutory 
provision. An institution of higher education uses Form WH-201, when 
applying for authorization to pay subminimum wages to its full-time 
students employed by the institution. The WH-201 application provides 
the information necessary to ascertain whether the requirements of 
section 14(b) have been met. This information collection is currently 
approved for use through November 30, 2005.

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 carry out its responsibility to make a 
determination whether to grant or deny subminimum wage authority to the 
applicant. If the information were not collected, institutions of 
higher education would not have a mechanism to apply for authorization 
to pay full-time students at subminimum wages and job opportunities for 
full-time students would be reduced.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Authority for an Institution of Higher 
Education to Employ its Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages under 
Regulations 29 CFR Part 519.
    OMB Number: 1215-0080.
    Agency Number: WH-201.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Total Respondents: 15.
    Total Annual Responses: 15.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 to 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours Per Response (Recordkeeping): 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours (Reporting and Recordkeeping): 5.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    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: June 8, 2005.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-11781 Filed 6-14-05; 8:45 am]
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