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collect important information on a
variety of topics, including basic
demographics, current occupation,
participation in workforce education
and training programs, training needed
for a better job, and obstacles to
participating in necessary training.
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;
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III. Current Actions
* 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 appropriated automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Voice of Latino Workforce
Experience Survey.
OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Total Respondents: 4,800.
Frequency: One-time survey.
Total Responses: 4,800.
Average Time per Response: 5.25
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 420
(see Table 1, below).
TABLE 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Who will
be interviewed?
Latino
Workers.
Phone
Answerer.
Total ....
Survey Instrument
Respondents
1,200
15 minutes
300
Point of
Contact
Only.
3,600
2 minutes
120
4,800
Dated: Signed October 30, 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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Request
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Total Hours
Questionnaire.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request 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.
ACTION:
Average Time per Respondent
Notice.
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
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420
(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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Multiple Worksite Report and the
Report of Federal Employment and
Wages.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) 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 January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111. (This is not a toll
free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages (QCEW) program is a
Federal/State cooperative effort which
compiles monthly employment data,
quarterly wages data, and business
identification information from
employers subject to State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws.
These data are collected from State
Quarterly Contribution Reports (QCRs)
submitted to State Workforce Agencies
(SWAs). The States send micro-level
employment and wages data,
supplemented with the names,
addresses, and business identification
information of these employers, to the
BLS. The State data are used to create
the BLS sampling frame, known as the
longitudinal QCEW data. This file
represents the best source of detailed
industrial and geographical data on
employers and is used as the sampling
frame for most BLS surveys. The
longitudinal QCEW data include the
individual employers’ employment and
wages data along with associated
business identification information that
is maintained by each State to
administer the UI program as well as the
Unemployment Compensation for
Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
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The QCEW Report, produced for each
calendar quarter, is a summary of these
employer (micro-level) data by industry
at the county level. Similar data for
Federal Government employees covered
by the UCFE program also are included
in each State’s report. These data are
submitted by all 50 States, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands to the BLS which then
summarizes these micro-level data to
produce totals for the States and the
Nation. The QCEW Report provides a
virtual census of nonagricultural
employees and their wages, with nearly
53 percent of the workers in agriculture
covered as well.
For employers having only a single
physical location or worksite in the
State and, thus, operating under a single
assigned industrial and geographical
code, the data from the States’ UI
accounting files are sufficient for
statistical purposes. However, such data
are not sufficient for statistical purposes
for those employers having multiple
establishments and/or engaged in
different industrial activities within the
State. In such cases, the employer’s QCR
reflects only statewide employment and
wages and is not disaggregated by
establishment or worksite. Although
data at this level are sufficient for many
purposes of the UI Program, more
detailed information is required to
create a sampling frame and to meet the
needs of several ongoing Federal/State
statistical programs. The Multiple
Worksite Report (MWR) is designed to
supplement the QCR when more
detailed information is needed.
As a result of the MWR, improved
establishment business identification
data elements have been incorporated
into and maintained on the longitudinal
QCEW data file. The MWR collects a
physical location address, secondary
name (trade name, division, subsidiary,
etc.), and reporting unit description
(store number, plant name or number,
etc.) for each worksite of multiestablishment employers.
The function of the Report of Federal
Employment and Wages (RFEW) is to
collect employment and wages data for
Federal establishments covered under
the UCFE program. The MWR and
RFEW are essentially the same. The
MWR/RFEW forms are designed to
collect data for each establishment of a
multi-establishment employer.
No other standardized report is
available to collect current
establishment-level monthly
employment and wages data by SWAs
for statistical purposes each quarter
from the private sector nor State and
local governments. Also, no other
standardized report currently is
available to collect installation-level
Federal monthly employment and
wages data each quarter by SWAs for
statistical purposes. Completion of the
MWR is required by State law in 28
States and territories.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for an
extension of the Multiple Worksite
Report and the Report of Federal
Employment and Wages.
The BLS has taken steps to help
reduce employer reporting burden by
developing a standardized format for
employers to use to send these data to
the States in an electronic medium. The
BLS also established an Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) Collection Center to
improve and expedite the MWR
collection process. Employers who
complete the MWR for multi-location
businesses can now submit employment
and wages information on any
electronic medium directly to the data
collection center, rather than separately
to each State agency. The data collection
center then distributes the appropriate
data to the respective States. The BLS
also has been working very closely with
firms providing payroll and tax filing
services for employers as well as the
developers of payroll and tax filing
software to include this electronic
Total respondents
Form number
130,226
3,067
Totals: ..................................................
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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Multiple Worksite Report
(MWR) and the Report of Federal
Employment and Wages (RFEW).
OMB Number: 1220–0134.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions, not-for-profit
institutions, and the Federal
Government.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total responses
Respondent
133,293
reporting as either a service for their
clients or a new feature of their system.
In addition, the BLS has developed a
Web-based system, MWRweb, to collect
these data from small to medium-size
businesses. This system was begun as a
pilot project in four States in early 2006.
Now, all States are participating in
MWRweb and BLS has seen much
greater utilization of this reporting
option.
Non-Federal ............................
Federal ...................................
520,904
12,268
533,172
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Average time
per response
(minutes)
22.2
22.2
Total burden
(hours)
192,735
4,539
197,274
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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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of
November, 2009.
Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance for
workers by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of September 21
through October 2, 2009.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both,
of such firm have decreased absolutely;
and
(3) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like
or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one
or more component parts produced by
such firm are directly incorporated,
have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
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competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
parts produced by such firm have
increased;
(D) Imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are
produced directly using services
supplied by such firm, have increased;
and
(4) The increase in imports
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the
following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in such workers’ firm
have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be
satisfied:
(A) There has been a shift by the
workers’ firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or supply of
services like or directly competitive
with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm;
(B) There has been an acquisition
from a foreign country by the workers’
firm of articles/services that are like or
directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers’ firm;
and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in public agencies and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the public agency have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired
from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services
which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services
contributed importantly to such
workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary workers of a firm and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(c) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion
of the workers in the workers’ firm have
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become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
(2) The workers’ firm is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, and
such supply or production is related to
the article or service that was the basis
for such certification; and
(3) Either—
(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier
and the component parts it supplied to
the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers’ firm;
or
(B) A loss of business by the workers’
firm with the firm described in
paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers’ separation or threat of
separation.
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by
the International Trade Commission and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance, each of the group
eligibility requirements of Section 222(f)
of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers’ firm is publicly
identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in—
(A) An affirmative determination of
serious injury or threat thereof under
section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of
market disruption or threat thereof
under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination
of material injury or threat thereof under
section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1year period beginning on the date on
which—
(A) a summary of the report submitted
to the President by the International
Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal
Register under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative
determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the
Federal Register; and
(3) The workers have become totally
or partially separated from the workers’
firm within—
(A) the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2); or
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[FR Doc No: E9-27462]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 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 (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. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the ``Multiple Worksite Report and the Report of
Federal Employment and Wages.'' A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) 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 January 19, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments
also may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111. (This is not a toll
free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program is a
Federal/State cooperative effort which compiles monthly employment
data, quarterly wages data, and business identification information
from employers subject to State Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws. These
data are collected from State Quarterly Contribution Reports (QCRs)
submitted to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The States send micro-
level employment and wages data, supplemented with the names,
addresses, and business identification information of these employers,
to the BLS. The State data are used to create the BLS sampling frame,
known as the longitudinal QCEW data. This file represents the best
source of detailed industrial and geographical data on employers and is
used as the sampling frame for most BLS surveys. The longitudinal QCEW
data include the individual employers' employment and wages data along
with associated business identification information that is maintained
by each State to administer the UI program as well as the Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program.
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The QCEW Report, produced for each calendar quarter, is a summary
of these employer (micro-level) data by industry at the county level.
Similar data for Federal Government employees covered by the UCFE
program also are included in each State's report. These data are
submitted by all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands to the BLS which then summarizes these micro-level
data to produce totals for the States and the Nation. The QCEW Report
provides a virtual census of nonagricultural employees and their wages,
with nearly 53 percent of the workers in agriculture covered as well.
For employers having only a single physical location or worksite in
the State and, thus, operating under a single assigned industrial and
geographical code, the data from the States' UI accounting files are
sufficient for statistical purposes. However, such data are not
sufficient for statistical purposes for those employers having multiple
establishments and/or engaged in different industrial activities within
the State. In such cases, the employer's QCR reflects only statewide
employment and wages and is not disaggregated by establishment or
worksite. Although data at this level are sufficient for many purposes
of the UI Program, more detailed information is required to create a
sampling frame and to meet the needs of several ongoing Federal/State
statistical programs. The Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) is designed to
supplement the QCR when more detailed information is needed.
As a result of the MWR, improved establishment business
identification data elements have been incorporated into and maintained
on the longitudinal QCEW data file. The MWR collects a physical
location address, secondary name (trade name, division, subsidiary,
etc.), and reporting unit description (store number, plant name or
number, etc.) for each worksite of multi-establishment employers.
The function of the Report of Federal Employment and Wages (RFEW)
is to collect employment and wages data for Federal establishments
covered under the UCFE program. The MWR and RFEW are essentially the
same. The MWR/RFEW forms are designed to collect data for each
establishment of a multi-establishment employer.
No other standardized report is available to collect current
establishment-level monthly employment and wages data by SWAs for
statistical purposes each quarter from the private sector nor State and
local governments. Also, no other standardized report currently is
available to collect installation-level Federal monthly employment and
wages data each quarter by SWAs for statistical purposes. Completion of
the MWR is required by State law in 28 States and territories.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for an
extension of the Multiple Worksite Report and the Report of Federal
Employment and Wages.
The BLS has taken steps to help reduce employer reporting burden by
developing a standardized format for employers to use to send these
data to the States in an electronic medium. The BLS also established an
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Collection Center to improve and
expedite the MWR collection process. Employers who complete the MWR for
multi-location businesses can now submit employment and wages
information on any electronic medium directly to the data collection
center, rather than separately to each State agency. The data
collection center then distributes the appropriate data to the
respective States. The BLS also has been working very closely with
firms providing payroll and tax filing services for employers as well
as the developers of payroll and tax filing software to include this
electronic reporting as either a service for their clients or a new
feature of their system. In addition, the BLS has developed a Web-based
system, MWRweb, to collect these data from small to medium-size
businesses. This system was begun as a pilot project in four States in
early 2006. Now, all States are participating in MWRweb and BLS has
seen much greater utilization of this reporting option.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) and the Report of Federal
Employment and Wages (RFEW).
OMB Number: 1220-0134.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, not-
for-profit institutions, and the Federal Government.
Frequency: Quarterly.
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Average time
Form number Total Respondent Total per response Total burden
respondents responses (minutes) (hours)
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BLS 3020 (MWR)................ 130,226 Non-Federal..... 520,904 22.2 192,735
BLS 3021 (RFEW)............... 3,067 Federal......... 12,268 22.2 4,539
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Totals:................... 133,293 533,172 .............. 197,274
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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 also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of November, 2009.
Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. E9-27462 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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