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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Information Collections: The Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993, As
Amended
Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is soliciting comments
concerning a proposed revision of the
information collection request (ICR)
titled, ‘‘The Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, As Amended.’’ This
comment request is part of continuing
Departmental efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden in
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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. 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. You may
also review the proposed forms changes
at: https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/
forms2019.htm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
October 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Control Number 1235–
0003, 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 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 Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–
3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693–0406 (this is not a toll-free
number). Copies of this notice may be
obtained in alternative formats (Large
Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or Disc),
upon request, by calling (202) 693–0023
(not a toll-free number). TTY/TTD
callers may dial toll-free (877) 889–5627
to obtain information or request
materials in alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29
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38061
U.S.C. 2601, requires private sector
employers who employ 50 or more
employees, all public and private
elementary schools, and all public
agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of
unpaid, job-protected leave during any
12-month period to eligible employees
for certain family and medical reasons
(for birth of a son or daughter and to
care for the newborn child; for
placement with the employee of a son
or daughter for adoption or foster care;
to care for the employee’s spouse, son,
daughter, or parent with a serious health
condition; because of a serious health
condition that makes the employee
unable to perform the functions of the
employee’s job; and to address
qualifying exigencies arising out of the
deployment of the employee’s spouse,
son, daughter, or parent to covered
active duty in the military), and up to
26 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave
during a single 12-month period to care
for a covered servicemember with a
serious injury or illness who is the
spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of
kin to the employee.
The Wage Hour Division (WHD)
created optional use forms: WHD
Publication 1420, WH–380–E, WH–380–
F, WH–381, WH–382, WH–384, WH–
385, and WH–385–V to assist employers
and employees in meeting their FMLA
third-party notification obligations.
WHD Publication 1420 allows
employers to satisfy the general notice
requirement. See § 825.300(a). Form
WH–380–E allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for his or her
own serious health condition to satisfy
the statutory requirement to furnish,
upon the employer’s request,
appropriate certification (including a
second or third opinion and
recertification) to support the need for
leave for the employee’s own serious
health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form
WH–380–F allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for a family
member’s serious health condition to
satisfy the statutory requirement to
furnish, upon the employer’s request,
appropriate certification (including a
second or third opinion and
recertification) to support the need for
leave for the family member’s serious
health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form
WH–381 allows an employer to satisfy
the regulatory requirement to provide
employees taking FMLA leave with
written notice detailing specific
expectations and obligations of the
employee and explaining any
consequences of a failure to meet these
obligations. See § 825.300(b) and (c).
Form WH–382 allows an employer to
meet its obligation to designate leave as
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FMLA-qualifying. See § 825.301(a).
Form WH–384 allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave based on a
qualifying exigency to satisfy the
statutory requirement to furnish, upon
the employer’s request, appropriate
certification to support leave for a
qualifying exigency. See § 825.309.
Form WH–385 allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave based on an
active duty covered servicemember’s
serious injury or illness to satisfy the
statutory requirement to furnish, upon
the employer’s request, a medical
certification from an authorized health
care provider. See § 825.310. Form WH–
385–V allows an employee requesting
leave based on a veteran’s serious injury
or illness to satisfy the statutory
requirement to furnish, upon the
employer’s request, a medical
certification from an authorized health
care provider. See § 825.310.
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;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
• 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;
• 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 seeks an approval for the
revision of this information collection in
order to ensure effective administration
of the Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993, As Amended.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: The Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, As Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0003.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms,
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 6,888,800.
Total Annual Responses: 79,357,763.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
8,307,116.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
with type of request (1.25–20 minutes):
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Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operation/
maintenance): $218,144,866.
Dated: July 30, 2019.
Robert M. Waterman,
Division of Regulations, Legislation and
Interpretation.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board Membership
AGENCY:
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) publishes the names
of the members selected to serve on its
Senior Executive Service (SES)
Performance Review Board (PRB). This
notice supersedes all previous notices of
the PRB membership.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applicable: July 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Whittle Spooner, Assistant
Director for Management and
Operations, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7402.
Section
4314(c) of Title 5, U.S.C. requires each
agency to establish, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Office of
Personnel Management, one or more
PRBs. The PRB shall review and
evaluate the initial appraisal of a senior
executive’s performance by the
supervisor, along with any response by
the senior executive, and make
recommendations to the final rating
authority relative to the performance of
the senior executive.
The persons named below have been
selected to serve on OMB’s PRB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Kelly T. Colyar, Chief, Water and Power
Branch
Wesley M. Denton, Senior Advisor for
Communications
Jennifer L. Hanson, Chief, Income
Maintenance Branch
Kirsten J. Moncada, Chief, Privacy
Branch
Robert J. Nassif, Chief, Force Structure
and Investment Branch
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Sarah Whittle Spooner, Assistant
Director for Management and
Operations
Sarah Whittle Spooner,
Assistant Director for Management and
Operations.
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA) will submit the
following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before September 4, 2019 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimates, or any other
aspect of the information collections,
including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to (1) Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention:
Desk Officer for NCUA, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, or email at
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and
(2) NCUA PRA Clearance Officer, 1775
Duke Street, Suite 6018, Alexandria, VA
22314, or email at PRAComments@
ncua.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submission may be
obtained by contacting Dawn Wolfgang
at (703) 548–2279, emailing
PRAComments@ncua.gov, or viewing
the entire information collection request
at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: 3133–0004.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Title: NCUA Call Report and Profile.
Forms: NCUA Form 5300 and 4501A.
Abstract: Sections 106 and 202 of the
Federal Credit Union Act require
federally insured credit unions to make
financial reports to the NCUA. Section
741.6 prescribes the method in which
federally insured credit unions must
submit this information to NCUA.
NCUA Form 5300, Call Report, is used
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Information Collections: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, As
Amended
AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting comments
concerning a proposed revision of the information collection request
(ICR) titled, ``The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, As Amended.''
This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
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. 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. You may also review the proposed forms
changes at: https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/forms2019.htm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before October 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Control Number 1235-
0003, by either one of the following methods: Email:
[email protected]; 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 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-0406 (this is not a toll-
free number). Copies of this notice may be obtained in alternative
formats (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request, by
calling (202) 693-0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/TTD callers may
dial toll-free (877) 889-5627 to obtain information or request
materials in alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29
U.S.C. 2601, requires private sector employers who employ 50 or more
employees, all public and private elementary schools, and all public
agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave
during any 12-month period to eligible employees for certain family and
medical reasons (for birth of a son or daughter and to care for the
newborn child; for placement with the employee of a son or daughter for
adoption or foster care; to care for the employee's spouse, son,
daughter, or parent with a serious health condition; because of a
serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the
functions of the employee's job; and to address qualifying exigencies
arising out of the deployment of the employee's spouse, son, daughter,
or parent to covered active duty in the military), and up to 26 weeks
of unpaid, job protected leave during a single 12-month period to care
for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness who is the
spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin to the employee.
The Wage Hour Division (WHD) created optional use forms: WHD
Publication 1420, WH-380-E, WH-380-F, WH-381, WH-382, WH-384, WH-385,
and WH-385-V to assist employers and employees in meeting their FMLA
third-party notification obligations. WHD Publication 1420 allows
employers to satisfy the general notice requirement. See Sec.
825.300(a). Form WH-380-E allows an employee requesting FMLA leave for
his or her own serious health condition to satisfy the statutory
requirement to furnish, upon the employer's request, appropriate
certification (including a second or third opinion and recertification)
to support the need for leave for the employee's own serious health
condition. See Sec. 825.305(a). Form WH-380-F allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for a family member's serious health condition to
satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer's
request, appropriate certification (including a second or third opinion
and recertification) to support the need for leave for the family
member's serious health condition. See Sec. 825.305(a). Form WH-381
allows an employer to satisfy the regulatory requirement to provide
employees taking FMLA leave with written notice detailing specific
expectations and obligations of the employee and explaining any
consequences of a failure to meet these obligations. See Sec.
825.300(b) and (c). Form WH-382 allows an employer to meet its
obligation to designate leave as
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FMLA-qualifying. See Sec. 825.301(a). Form WH-384 allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave based on a qualifying exigency to satisfy the
statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer's request,
appropriate certification to support leave for a qualifying exigency.
See Sec. 825.309. Form WH-385 allows an employee requesting FMLA leave
based on an active duty covered servicemember's serious injury or
illness to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the
employer's request, a medical certification from an authorized health
care provider. See Sec. 825.310. Form WH-385-V allows an employee
requesting leave based on a veteran's serious injury or illness to
satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the employer's
request, a medical certification from an authorized health care
provider. See Sec. 825.310.
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;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
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;
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 seeks an approval for
the revision of this information collection in order to ensure
effective administration of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,
As Amended.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, As Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235-0003.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Farms, State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 6,888,800.
Total Annual Responses: 79,357,763.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,307,116.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies with type of request (1.25-20
minutes):
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operation/maintenance): $218,144,866.
Dated: July 30, 2019.
Robert M. Waterman,
Division of Regulations, Legislation and Interpretation.
[FR Doc. 2019-16636 Filed 8-2-19; 8:45 am]
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