Office of Labor-Management Standards; Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 34050 [E7-11887]

Agencies

• Employment Standards Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 34050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11887]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration


Office of Labor-Management Standards; 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 extension of the collection of 
information requirements implementing Executive Order (EO) 13201--
Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees. 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 20, 2007.

ADDRESSEE: 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

    President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13201 (EO 13201) on 
February 17, 2001 to require non-exempt Government contractors and 
subcontractors to post notices informing their employees that under 
Federal law those employees have certain rights related to union 
membership and use of union dues and fees. The Order also provides the 
text of contractual provisions that Federal Government contracting 
departments and agencies must include in every non-exempt Government 
contract. The contractual provisions require contractors to post a 
notice, informing employees that they cannot be required to join a 
union or maintain membership in a union as a condition of employment 
and that portion of dues or fees not used for collective bargaining, 
contract administration, and grievance adjustment may be refunded to 
the employee.
    The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) administers the 
complaint and waiver request procedures of Executive Order 13201 
pursuant to its implementing regulatory provisions (29 CFR part 470).
    This information collection is currently approved for use through 
November 30, 2007.

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 Department of Labor (DOL) seeks extension of approval to 
collect this information in order to carry out its responsibility to 
enforce Executive Order 13201. If this information collection is not 
conducted, Executive Order 13201 could not be enforced through the 
complaint procedure; contractors would not be able to avail themselves 
of the process for obtaining a waiver from the posting requirements in 
appropriate circumstances.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues 
or Fees.
    OMB Number: 1215-0203.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 30.
    Total Responses: 30.
    Average Time per Response: 6.1 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 182.
    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 andBudget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: June 14, 2007.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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