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December 2013. The proposed extension
of the Well-being Module will facilitate
more robust and in-depth analysis on
key topics of interest to the
supplement’s sponsor: The relationship
between evaluative and experienced
well-being and the health and wellbeing of eldercare providers. These
topics only can be studied with the 2012
and later data because questions on
eldercare and life evaluation were not a
part of the ATUS and Well-being
Module when the first wave was
collected in 2010.
A question on life satisfaction and
another that measures respondents’
overall emotional experience yesterday
were added to the second wave of the
Well-being Module which began in
January 2012. Additionally, questions to
identify eldercare and eldercare
activities in the time diary were added
to the main ATUS in 2011. The wellbeing of eldercare providers is of
interest to the NIA and policy makers
because the elderly population is
growing, along with a reliance on
informal care providers to assist them.
An extension of the collection period for
the Well-being Module would provide
researchers with two full years of
supplementary data for the full Wellbeing questionnaire and corresponding
data on eldercare from the ATUS.
Additional data also would facilitate
analysis of the well-being of other
subpopulations, beyond eldercare
providers.
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 without
change of a currently approved
collection.
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Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Well-being Supplement to the
American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0185.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Respondents: 6,400.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 6,400.
Average Time per Response: 5
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 533
hours.
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 7th day of
January 2013.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) for the Worker
Classification Survey; Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Wage and Hour Division,
Labor.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL), 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 required
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 Department is
soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to collect information about
employment experiences and workers’
knowledge of basic employment laws
and rules so as to better understand
SUMMARY:
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employees’ experience with worker
misclassification. A copy of the
proposed information request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: WHDPRAComments@dol.gov;
Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Division
of Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and Control
Number (or other identifier) identified
above for this information collection.
Because we continue to experience
delays in receiving mail in the
Washington, DC area, commenters are
strongly encouraged to transmit their
comments electronically via email or to
submit them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Livingston, Director, Division of
Strategic Planning and Performance,
Wage and Hour Division, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Frances
Perkins Bldg., Room S–3510,
Washington, DC, 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–0023 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The purpose of this
study is to design and administer a new
survey to collect information about
employment experiences and workers’
knowledge of basic employment laws
and rules so as to better understand
employees’ experience with worker
misclassification. This is the first time
DOL will field a survey to examine
worker classification. The survey
instrument utilizes and adapts existing
survey questions, as well as
incorporates new questions specific to
this study. The data collection effort
with this group will gather information
about workers’ employment and pay
arrangements and will measure workers’
knowledge about their current job
classification, and their knowledge
about the rights and benefits associated
with their job status. Worker
misclassification can be understood as
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the practice, intended or unintended, of
improperly treating a worker who is an
employee under the applicable law as in
a work status other than an employee
(i.e., an independent contractor). As a
result, employees are deprived of their
legal wage entitlements, including
minimum wage and/or overtime, as well
as programs like unemployment
insurance and workers’ compensation,
because such programs generally apply
only to ‘‘employees’’ rather than
workers in general. Federal labor laws
do not require employers to inform
workers of their employment status
(whether the worker is an employee or
not), the basis for their status
determinations, or pay (including hours
worked, pay rates, and wages paid). As
a result, workers may not be prepared
for the consequences of
misclassification.
Employers who misclassify workers
may achieve significant administrative
and labor cost reductions, giving them
a profound advantage over employers
that properly classify their workers as
employees. According to one estimate, if
only one percent of all employees were
misclassified nationally, the loss in
overall unemployment insurance
revenue due to underreporting would be
nearly $200 million dollars annually.1
This may be an underestimate; some
states report losing between 5 and 20
million dollars annually on
unemployment insurance payments
alone.2 The GAO estimates that unpaid
taxes total more than $2.7 billion dollars
per year in unpaid Social Security,
unemployment insurance, and income
tax due to misclassification.3 A 2000
DOL commissioned study found that 10
to 30 percent of firms audited for state
unemployment insurance had one or
more of its employees misclassified as
independent contractors.4 Since 2009,
Wage and Hour investigators have
collected over $29 million in back
wages for over 29,000 employees who
were not paid in compliance with
federal law because they were
misclassified as independent
contractors.
This survey will provide critical
information to Department
policymakers on whether workers have
knowledge of their employment
classification and whether they
understand the implications of their
classification status. The primary tasks
of the survey include: (1) design and
cognitively test survey questions to be
used for worker classification survey, (2)
develop sampling methodology that will
generate nationally representative
samples of workers (or as close to
nationally representative as possible),
(3) conduct in-depth interviews of
employers and employer groups to
explore employer knowledge, attitudes,
and practices around classifying
workers, and (4) execute the survey,
analyze the data and report the results.
The period of performance of this
evaluation is 30 months ending in
March 2014. The overall budget for the
evaluation is $1,852,029. The evaluation
contractor is Abt Associates.
2. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection. Comments are
requested 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; and
• Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, including 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.
3. Current Actions: Pursuant to the
PRA implementing regulations at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), this notice requests
comments on the proposed information
collection request discussed above in
the Background section of this notice.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments as described in the
ADDRESSES section above.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title of Collection: Worker
Classification Survey.
OMB Control Number: [Insert OMB
Control Number].
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
For Worker Survey:
Annual hour burden:
Screeners—17,906 households × 5 minutes each .................................................................................................................
Extended interview—10,060* × 15 minutes ..........................................................................................................................
1,492
2,515
Total Burden (10,060 respondents) .................................................................................................................................
4,007
Main Survey Annualized cost to respondents: (4,007 hours at $23.28** per hour) .................................................................
200 Non-response interviews × 5 minutes each ....................................................................................................................
Annualized cost to respondents (16 hours at $23.28 per hour) ...........................................................................................
$93,282
16.66
$388
TOTAL ANNUALIZED Cost to Respondents: ................................................................................................................
$93,670
* Includes sixty (60) pre-test cases.
** U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B–3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted (accessed from the following website as of January 2012: https://www.bls.gov/webapps/
legacy/cesbtab3.htm).
In-depth Interviews:
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Annual hour burden:
Recruitment (includes calls and review of materials) 100 executives × 15 minutes each .................................................
In-depth interviews—20 @ 60 minutes each .........................................................................................................................
1 GAO–09–717 and Planmatics, Inc. Independent
Contractors: Prevalence and Implications for
Unemployment Insurance Programs. February 2000.
2 Statement of Seth D. Harris, Deputy Secretary,
U.S. DOL, before the Committee on Health,
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Education, Labor, and Pensions of the U.S. Senate.
June 17, 2010.
3 GAO–07–859T and Upper Midwest
Employment Law Institute, 2010.
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4 GAO–09–717 and Planmatics, Inc. Independent
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Total Burden (20 respondents) ........................................................................................................................................
45
Annualized cost to respondents: (45 hours at $84.88* per hour) ...............................................................................................
$3,820
* U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B–3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted (accessed from the following website as of January 2012 (https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ocwage.t01.htm).
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval; they will also become a matter
of public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC this 8th day of
January, 2012.
Mary Ziegler,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
and Interpretations, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor.
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Grant Program Access for Credit
Unions
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ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity.
AGENCY:
The National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA) is issuing a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
to invite eligible credit unions to submit
applications for participation in the
OSCUI Grant Program (a.k.a.
Community Development Revolving
Loan Fund (CDRLF)), subject to funding
availability. The OSCUI Grant Program
serves as a source of financial support,
in the form of technical assistance
grants, for credit unions serving
predominantly low-income members. It
also serves as a source of funding to
help low-income designated credit
unions (LICUs) respond to emergencies
arising in their communities.
DATES: There will be various application
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December 31, 2013 for different grant
initiatives offered thoughout the year.
For each initiative funds may be
exhausted prior to the deadlines, at
which time the programs/funds will no
longer be available.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be
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applications.
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Further information can be found at:
www.ncua.gov/OSCUI/grantsandloans.
For questions email: National Credit
Union Administration, Office of Small
Credit Union Initiatives at
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Description of Funding Opportunity
The purpose of the OSCUI Grant
Program is to assist specially designated
credit unions in providing basic
financial services to their low-income
members to stimulate economic
activities in their communities. Through
the OSCUI Grant Program, NCUA
provides financial support in the form
of technical assistance grants to LICUs.
These funds help improve and expand
the availability of financial services to
these members. The OSCUI Grant
Program also serves as a source of
funding to help LICUs respond to
emergencies. The Grant Program
consists of Congressional appropriations
that are administered by OSCUI, an
office of the NCUA.
From February 15, 2013 to March, 15,
2013 OSCUI will accept applications
from credit unions under the
Collaboration Initiative. This initiative
will provide up to $50,000 of funding to
a credit union for the most innovative,
scalable, replicable and cost-saving
collaboration. Under this initiative a
single LICU must collaborate with
another entity, such as a league, another
LICU, a CUSO, and/or a vendor. At least
two credit unions must participate in
this collaboration.
OSCUI intends to offer additional
funding under additional initiatives
throughout the year under this NOFO.
Additional information about the
OSCUI Grant Program, including more
details regarding the collaboration
initiative, other funding initiatives,
amount of funds available, funding
priorities, permissible uses of funds,
funding limits, deadlines and other
pertinent details, are periodically
published in NCUA Letters to Credit
Unions, in the OSCUI e-newsletter and
on the NCUA Web site at
www.ncua.gov/OSCUI/GrantsandLoans.
A. Program Regulation: Part 705 of
NCUA’s regulations implements the
OSCUI Grant and Loan Program. 12 CFR
705. A revised Part 705 was published
on November 2, 2011. 76 FR 67583.
Additional requirements are found at 12
CFR Parts 701 and 741. Applicants
should review these regulations in
addition to this NOFO. Each capitalized
term in this NOFO is more fully defined
in the regulations and grant guidelines.
For the purposes of this NOFO, an
Applicant is a Qualifying Credit Union
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that submits a complete Application to
NCUA under the OSCUI Grant Program.
B. Funds Availability: Congress has
not made an appropriation to the OSCUI
Grant Program for Fiscal Years 2013–
2014. NCUA expects to award the entire
amount appropriated under this NOFO.
NCUA reserves the right to: (i) Award
more or less than the amount
appropriated; (ii) fund, in whole or in
part, any, all, or none of the applications
submitted in response to this NOFO;
and (iii) reallocate funds from the
amount that is anticipated to be
available under this NOFO to other
programs, particularly if NCUA
determines that the number of awards
made under this NOFO is fewer than
projected.
II. Description of Grant Program
OSCUI grants are made to LICUs that
meet the requirements in the program
regulation and this NOFO, subject to
funds availability.
A. Eligibility Requirements: The
regulations specify the requirements a
credit union must meet in order to be
eligible to apply for assistance under
this NOFO. See 12 CFR 705. A credit
union must be a LICU, or equivalent in
the case of a Qualifying State-chartered
Credit Union, in order to participate in
the OSCUI Grant Program.
Requirements for obtaining the
designation are found at 12 CFR 701.34.
B. Permissible Uses of Funds: NCUA
will consider requests for funds
consistent with the purpose of the
OSCUI Grant Program. 12 CFR 705.1.
Per § 705.10 of the regulation
permissible uses for the grant fund
include: (i) Development of new
products or services for members
including new or expanded share draft
or credit card programs; (ii) Partnership
arrangements with community based
service organizations or government
agencies; (iii) Enhancement and support
credit union internal capacity to serve
its members and better enable it to
provide financial services to the
community in which the credit union is
located.
NCUA will consider other proposed
uses of funds that in its sole discretion
it determines are consistent with the
purpose of the OSCUI Grant Program,
the requirements of the regulations, and
this NOFO.
C. Terms: The specific terms and
conditions governing a grant will be
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Worker
Classification Survey; Comment Request
AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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 required 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
Department is soliciting comments concerning its proposal to collect
information about employment experiences and workers' knowledge of
basic employment laws and rules so as to better understand employees'
experience with worker misclassification. A copy of the proposed
information request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before March 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@dol.gov; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:
Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and
Hour, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit one copy of your
comments by only one method. All submissions received must include the
agency name and Control Number (or other identifier) identified above
for this information collection. Because we continue to experience
delays in receiving mail in the Washington, DC area, commenters are
strongly encouraged to transmit their comments electronically via email
or to submit them by mail early. Comments, including any personal
information provided, become a matter of public record. They will also
be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the
information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Livingston, Director, Division
of Strategic Planning and Performance, Wage and Hour Division, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S-3510,
Washington, DC, 20210, telephone number (202) 693-0023 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The purpose of this study is to design and administer a
new survey to collect information about employment experiences and
workers' knowledge of basic employment laws and rules so as to better
understand employees' experience with worker misclassification. This is
the first time DOL will field a survey to examine worker
classification. The survey instrument utilizes and adapts existing
survey questions, as well as incorporates new questions specific to
this study. The data collection effort with this group will gather
information about workers' employment and pay arrangements and will
measure workers' knowledge about their current job classification, and
their knowledge about the rights and benefits associated with their job
status. Worker misclassification can be understood as
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the practice, intended or unintended, of improperly treating a worker
who is an employee under the applicable law as in a work status other
than an employee (i.e., an independent contractor). As a result,
employees are deprived of their legal wage entitlements, including
minimum wage and/or overtime, as well as programs like unemployment
insurance and workers' compensation, because such programs generally
apply only to ``employees'' rather than workers in general. Federal
labor laws do not require employers to inform workers of their
employment status (whether the worker is an employee or not), the basis
for their status determinations, or pay (including hours worked, pay
rates, and wages paid). As a result, workers may not be prepared for
the consequences of misclassification.
Employers who misclassify workers may achieve significant
administrative and labor cost reductions, giving them a profound
advantage over employers that properly classify their workers as
employees. According to one estimate, if only one percent of all
employees were misclassified nationally, the loss in overall
unemployment insurance revenue due to underreporting would be nearly
$200 million dollars annually.\1\ This may be an underestimate; some
states report losing between 5 and 20 million dollars annually on
unemployment insurance payments alone.\2\ The GAO estimates that unpaid
taxes total more than $2.7 billion dollars per year in unpaid Social
Security, unemployment insurance, and income tax due to
misclassification.\3\ A 2000 DOL commissioned study found that 10 to 30
percent of firms audited for state unemployment insurance had one or
more of its employees misclassified as independent contractors.\4\
Since 2009, Wage and Hour investigators have collected over $29 million
in back wages for over 29,000 employees who were not paid in compliance
with federal law because they were misclassified as independent
contractors.
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\1\ GAO-09-717 and Planmatics, Inc. Independent Contractors:
Prevalence and Implications for Unemployment Insurance Programs.
February 2000.
\2\ Statement of Seth D. Harris, Deputy Secretary, U.S. DOL,
before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the U.S. Senate. June 17, 2010.
\3\ GAO-07-859T and Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute,
2010.
\4\ GAO-09-717 and Planmatics, Inc. Independent Contractors:
Prevalence and Implications for Unemployment Insurance Programs.
February 2000.
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This survey will provide critical information to Department
policymakers on whether workers have knowledge of their employment
classification and whether they understand the implications of their
classification status. The primary tasks of the survey include: (1)
design and cognitively test survey questions to be used for worker
classification survey, (2) develop sampling methodology that will
generate nationally representative samples of workers (or as close to
nationally representative as possible), (3) conduct in-depth interviews
of employers and employer groups to explore employer knowledge,
attitudes, and practices around classifying workers, and (4) execute
the survey, analyze the data and report the results. The period of
performance of this evaluation is 30 months ending in March 2014. The
overall budget for the evaluation is $1,852,029. The evaluation
contractor is Abt Associates.
2. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the above data collection. Comments are
requested 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; and
Minimize the burden of the information collection on those
who are to respond, including 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.
3. Current Actions: Pursuant to the PRA implementing regulations at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), this notice requests comments on the proposed
information collection request discussed above in the Background
section of this notice. Interested parties are encouraged to provide
comments as described in the ADDRESSES section above.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title of Collection: Worker Classification Survey.
OMB Control Number: [Insert OMB Control Number].
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
For Worker Survey:
Annual hour burden:
Screeners--17,906 households x 5 minutes each..... 1,492
Extended interview--10,060* x 15 minutes.......... 2,515
-----------------
Total Burden (10,060 respondents)............. 4,007
=================
Main Survey Annualized cost to respondents: (4,007 $93,282
hours at $23.28** per hour)..........................
200 Non-response interviews x 5 minutes each...... 16.66
Annualized cost to respondents (16 hours at $23.28 $388
per hour)........................................
-----------------
TOTAL ANNUALIZED Cost to Respondents:......... $93,670
* Includes sixty (60) pre-test cases.
** U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B-3.
Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted (accessed from the
following website as of January 2012: https://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab3.htm).
In-depth Interviews:
Annual hour burden:
Recruitment (includes calls and review of 25
materials) 100 executives x 15 minutes each......
In-depth interviews--20 @ 60 minutes each......... 20
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Total Burden (20 respondents)................. 45
Annualized cost to respondents: (45 hours at $84.88* $3,820
per hour)............................................
* U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table B-3.
Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted (accessed from the
following website as of January 2012 (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.t01.htm).
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval; they will also become
a matter of public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC this 8th day of January, 2012.
Mary Ziegler,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretations,
Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor.
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