Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request, 51161-51165 [2014-20452]

Agencies

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51161-51165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20452]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Extension With Change: Local 
Union Report (EEO-3).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for a three-year extension with change of the Local Union 
Report (EEO-3) (Form 274). EEOC is in the process of revising the race 
and ethnicity categories on the EEO-3 report to conform to OMB's 
Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on 
Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards), as applied 
in OMB Bulletin No. 00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of 
Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 
9, 2000). See Appendix A for a draft version of the proposed Form 274. 
Pending OMB approval of an emergency extension request, to be effective 
after the current August 31, 2014 expiration date, a regular clearance 
request for OMB

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review and approval of a three-year extension of the EEO-3 Report is 
beginning.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
October 27, 2014. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), a public hearing 
concerning the proposed changes to the EEO-3 will be held at a place 
and time to be announced. Persons wishing to present their views orally 
should notify the Commission of their desire to do so in writing no 
later than September 26, 2014. The request to present views orally at a 
public hearing should include a written summary of the remarks to be 
offered.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Acting 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to 
commenters, the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six 
or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of 
the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number). 
Receipt of FAX transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the 
sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive 
Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TTD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written 
comments to EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments. All comments received through this portal will be posted 
without change, including any personal information you provide, except 
as noted below. Copies of comments submitted by the public to EEOC 
directly or through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available 
for review, by advance appointment only, at the Commission's library 
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time or can be 
reviewed at https://www.regulations.gov. EEOC reserves the right to 
refrain from posting comments, including those that contain obscene, 
indecent, or profane language; contain threats or defamatory 
statements; contain hate speech directed at race, color, sex, sexual 
orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or disability; 
or promote or endorse services or products. To schedule an appointment 
to inspect the comments at EEOC's library, contact the library staff at 
(202) 663-4630 (voice) or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-
free numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4949 
(voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY). Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the Office of Communications and 
Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC has collected information from 
local unions on the EEO-3 form since 1966. The Commission now proposes 
to revise the EEO-3 report to conform to OMB's Revisions to the 
Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity 
(October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards), as applied in OMB Bulletin No. 
00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use 
in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 9, 2000). This will 
require a change of the Form 274.
    EEOC will revise the EEO-3 report to include the following race and 
ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino; White; Black or African 
American; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American 
Indian or Alaska Native; and Two or More Races.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
    OMB Number: 3046-0006.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Referral local unions with 100 or more members.
    Description of Affected Public: Referral local unions and 
independent or unaffiliated referral unions and similar labor 
organizations.
    Responses: 1,176.
    Reporting Hours: 2,405.
    Cost Burden: $2,822,400.
    Federal Cost: $81,935.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 274.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires labor organizations to 
make and keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful 
employment practices have been or are being committed and to produce 
reports from the data. The EEOC issued regulations requiring referral 
local unions with 100 or more members to submit EEO-3 reports. The 
individual reports are confidential. The EEOC uses EEO-3 data to 
investigate charges of discrimination and for research.
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the biennial EEO-3 survey is 1,176 referral unions. The changes 
discussed herein will increase the biennial respondent burden hours 
from 2,102 to 2,405 and EEOC costs from $60,000 to $81,935. The burden 
per report will be 2.05 hours.

                                                 Recurring Costs
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                                                 Burden hours per
   Annual responses     Annual burden hours           report         Burden hours per cell        EEOC cost
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                                                  Current form
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                                                    55 Cells
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             1,401                  2,102                    1.5                  0.027                $60,000
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                                                  Revised form
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                                                    75 Cells
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             1,176                  2,405                   2.05                  0.027                $81,935
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* Note: Due to rounding, for this table, figures may not be replicated exactly.


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    Estimated burden hours were calculated by multiplying the number of 
reports expected to be filed biennially (1,176 in 2012) by the 
estimated average time to complete and submit each report (2.05 hours). 
These estimates are based on an assumption of paper reporting. However, 
the EEOC has made electronic filing much easier for respondents 
required to file the EEO-3 Report. As a result, more jurisdictions are 
using this filing method. This development, along with the greater 
availability of human resource information software, is expected to 
have significantly reduced the actual burden of reporting. However, 
empirical data in this area is lacking. Accordingly, efforts will be 
undertaken by the Commission to (1) develop more reliable estimates of 
reporting burdens given the significant increase in electronic filing; 
and (2) to implement new approaches to make such reporting even less 
burdensome.
    The other new burden is the one-time cost of respondents changing 
the manner in which they collect and store the new race and ethnicity 
changes as well as changes to computer programs and systems. There will 
be no cost for respondents with a current system that is already 
designed to handle the full multiple race and ethnicity 
classifications. It is estimated that about ten percent of respondents 
currently have this ability. The chart below shows the estimated cost 
for respondents who will have to re-survey the members to comply with 
the new race and ethnicity changes.

                                                 One Time Costs
                              [Modifications to Human Resource Information Systems]
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                   Labor task requirements                          Hours         Hourly rate          Cost
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System/business analyst......................................                8              $55             $440
Developer....................................................               24               65            1,560
Tester.......................................................                8               50              400
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    Total per local..........................................  ...............  ...............           $2,400
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                                                                    Locals                 Total costs
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Total all respondents........................................            1,176                $2,822,400
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    In order to help reduce survey burden, respondents are encouraged 
to report data electronically whenever possible.
    Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the Commission solicits 
public comment to enable it to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information 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 
submission of responses.

    Dated: August 21, 2014.

    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
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