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• 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 submission
of responses.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Unemployment Insurance Data
Validation Program.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0431.
Form Number: Handbook 361.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 29,150.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: This program requires
States to operate a system for
ascertaining the validity (adherence to
Federal reporting requirements) of
specified unemployment insurance (UI)
data they submit to ETA on certain
reports they are required to submit
monthly or quarterly. Some of these
data are used to assess performance,
including for the Government
Performance and Results Act, or
determine States’ grants for UI
administration. For additional
information, see related notice
published at 73 FR 8066 on February 12,
2008.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Non Production Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0447.
Form Number: ETA–9118.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
555.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,943.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: Information on the Form
ETA–9118 is required in order to make
a determination on Trade Adjustment
Assistance petitions filed on behalf of
service workers in accordance with
Section 223 of the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Act of 2002. For additional
information, see related notice
published at 73 FR 13922 on March 14,
2008.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
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Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Facilitation of Claimant Reemployment
OMB Control Number: 1205–0452.
Form Number: ETA–9047.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,120.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: This information is
collected at the state level to determine
the percentage of individuals who
become reemployed in the calendar
quarter subsequent to the quarter in
which they received their first UI
payment. The data will be used to
measure performance for the
Department’s Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993 with the goal of
facilitating the reemployment of UI
claimants. For additional information,
see related notice published at 73 FR
13013 on March 11, 2008.
2004 and 71 FR 65000 on November 6,
2006.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
June 12, 2008.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission of the
following public 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
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
Agency: Employment and Training
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Administration.
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
Type of Review: New (Request for a
not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
new OMB Control Number).
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Title: Workforce Investment
Interested parties are encouraged to
Streamlined Performance Reporting
send comments to the Office of
(WISPR) System.
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW.
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Form Numbers: WISRD–1; ETA–9131; Employee Benefits Security
ETA–9132; and ETA–9133.
Administration (EBSA), Office of
Affected Public: State Governments.
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–6974
54.
(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail:
Estimated Total Annual Burden
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
Hours: 816,071.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: 30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
$0.
ensure the appropriate consideration,
Description: The WISPR System
comments should reference the OMB
replaces the reporting and
Control Number (see below).
recordkeeping requirements of 7
The OMB is particularly interested in
Employment and Training programs.
comments which:
The goal is to ensure that the workforce
• Evaluate whether the proposed
system is clearly focused on results,
collection of information is necessary
which will help ensure that the system’s for the proper performance of the
jobseeker and employer customers are
functions of the agency, including
effectively served. The Office of
whether the information will have
Management and Budget and other
practical utility;
Federal agencies developed a set of
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
common performance measures; these
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
common measures are integral to ETA’s proposed collection of information,
performance accountability system and
including the validity of the
are the key results that ETA programs
methodology and assumptions used;
strive to achieve for their customers and
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
to measure with a uniform information
clarity of the information to be
collection system. For additional
collected; and
information, see related notices
• Minimize the burden of the
published at 69 FR 42777 on July 16,
collection of information on those who
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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 submission of
responses.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Title: Alternative Method of
Compliance for Certain Simplified
Employee Pensions.
OMB Number: 1210–0034.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Business or other for-profits
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 35,660.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 21,227.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden:
$31,297.
Description: Section 110 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) authorizes the Secretary of
Labor to prescribe alternative methods
of compliance with the reporting and
disclosure requirements of Title I of
ERISA for pension plans. The
Department’s regulations at 29 CFR
2520.104–49 provide an alternative
method of disclosure for sponsors of
certain types of Simplified Employee
Pensions that is easier to comply with
than otherwise required under ERISA.
For additional information, see related
notice published at 73 FR 18003 on
April 4, 2008.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
Office of Trade and Labor Affairs;
Central America—Dominican
Republic—United States Free Trade
Agreement; Notice of Determination
Regarding Review of Submission
#2008–01
Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Labor
Affairs (OTLA) gives notice that on June
12, 2008, Submission #2008–01 was
accepted for review pursuant to Article
16.4.3 of Chapter Sixteen (the Labor
Chapter) of the Central America—
Dominican Republic—United States
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA–DR).
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The submission was filed with the
OTLA on April 23, 2008 by the
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL–CIO) and a group of six
Guatemalan trade unions. The
submission alleges the Government of
Guatemala has violated Articles 16.1.1,
16.2.1(a), and 16.3.1 of the Labor
Chapter of the CAFTA–DR with respect
to five separate cases. In these cases, the
submission alleges that the Government
of Guatemala failed to enforce its laws
with regard to the right of association
and the right to organize and bargain
collectively. The submission alleges acts
of violence against trade unionists,
including two instances of murder. In
addition, there are further allegations of
failure to enforce laws relating to nonpayment of severance and social
security benefits. These allegations were
supported by specific factual
descriptions which, if substantiated,
could demonstrate that the Government
of Guatemala’s actions were
inconsistent with its commitments
under the Labor Chapter.
The objectives of the review of the
submission will be to gather information
to assist the OTLA to better understand
and publicly report on the issues raised
by the submission.
DATES: June 12, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Schoepfle, Director, Office of
Trade and Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–5303,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–4900 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article
16.4.3 of the Labor Chapter of the
CAFTA–DR establishes that each Party’s
contact point shall provide for the
submission, receipt, and consideration
of communications from persons of a
Party on matters related to provisions of
the Labor Chapter and shall review such
communications in accordance with
domestic procedures. The Department
of Labor’s Office of Trade Agreement
Implementation, which in December
2006 was reestablished as the OTLA in
a Federal Register notice (71 FR 76691
(2006)), was designated as the office to
serve as the contact point for
implementing the CAFTA–DR’s labor
provisions. The same Federal Register
notice informed the public of the
Procedural Guidelines that the OTLA
would follow for the receipt and review
of public submissions. According to the
definitions contained in the Procedural
Guidelines (Section B) a ‘‘submission,’’
as used in the guidelines, means ‘‘a
communication from the public
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containing specific allegations,
accompanied by relevant supporting
information, that another Party has
failed to meet its commitments or
obligations arising under a labor
chapter.’’* * *
On April 23, 2008, Submission
#2008–01 was filed with the OTLA by
the American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL–CIO) and a group of Guatemalan
trade unions composed of the Union of
Port Quetzal Company Workers
(STEPQ), the Union of Izabal Banana
Workers (SITRABI), the Union of
International Frozen Products, Inc.
Workers (SITRAINPROCSA), the
Coalition of Avandia Workers, the
Union of Fribo Company Workers
(SITRAFRIBO), and the Federation of
Food and Similar Industries Workers of
Guatemala (FESTRAS).
The submission alleges first that the
Government of Guatemala has violated
Article 16.1.1 of the CAFTA–DR Labor
Chapter in which the Parties reaffirm
their obligations as members of the
International Labor Organization (ILO)
and their commitments under the ILO
Declaration on Fundamental Principles
and Rights at Work (1998), and agree to
strive to ensure that the Declaration’s
principles and the internationally
recognized labor rights set forth in
Article 16.8 are recognized and
protected by its law. Second, the
submission alleges that the Government
of Guatemala has violated Article
16.2.1(a) which states, ‘‘A Party shall
not fail to effectively enforce its labor
laws, through a sustained or recurring
course of action or inaction, in a manner
affecting trade between the Parties, after
the date of entry into force of [the
CAFTA–DR].’’ Third, the submission
alleges that the Government of
Guatemala has violated Article 16.3.1,
which states, ‘‘Each Party shall ensure
that persons with a legally recognized
interest under its law in a particular
matter have appropriate access to
tribunals for the enforcement of the
Party’s labor laws.’’* * *
To support these allegations, the
submission outlines five separate cases
in which it alleges that workers were
prevented from exercising their right of
association and the right to organize and
bargain collectively. In several of the
cases, serious acts of violence and
intimidation are alleged, including
murder. Furthermore, the submission
alleges that domestic labor laws, which
would have protected these workers’
rights, were not enforced. The
submission also alleges a failure to
enforce labor laws relating to payments
to the Guatemalan Social Security
Institute (the health care system) in two
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
June 12, 2008.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of
the following public 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 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35). A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation; including among other things a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-
693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)/e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/
Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see
below).
The OMB 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
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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
submission of responses.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Title: Alternative Method of Compliance for Certain Simplified
Employee Pensions.
OMB Number: 1210-0034.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Business or other for-profits
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,660.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 21,227.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $31,297.
Description: Section 110 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) authorizes the Secretary of Labor to prescribe alternative
methods of compliance with the reporting and disclosure requirements of
Title I of ERISA for pension plans. The Department's regulations at 29
CFR 2520.104-49 provide an alternative method of disclosure for
sponsors of certain types of Simplified Employee Pensions that is
easier to comply with than otherwise required under ERISA. For
additional information, see related notice published at 73 FR 18003 on
April 4, 2008.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-13653 Filed 6-17-08; 8:45 am]
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