Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Disclosures to Workers Under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 48271-48272 [2020-17369]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 154 (Monday, August 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48271-48272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17369]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Disclosures to Workers Under the Migrant and 
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour 
Division (WHD)-sponsored 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 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before September 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony May by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (2) if the information will be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of 
the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) 
safeguards migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in their 
interactions with Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural Employers and 
Agricultural Associations, and providers of migrant farm worker 
housing. See Public Law 97-470. The MSPA requires

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Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural Employers, and Agricultural 
Associations, who recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, transport, 
or house agricultural workers, as well as providers of migrant housing, 
to meet certain minimum requirements in their dealings with migrant and 
seasonal agricultural workers. Various sections of the MSPA require 
respondents (e.g., Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural Employers, and 
Agricultural Associations) to disclose terms and conditions in writing 
to their workers. MSPA Sec.  201(g) and Sec.  301(f) requires that the 
DOL make forms available to provide such information. The DOL prints 
and makes optional-use form WH-516, Worker Information--Terms and 
Conditions of Employment.
    MSPA Sec.  201(d) and Sec.  301(c)--29 U.S.C. 1821(d), 1831(c) and 
regulations 29 CFR 500.80(a), require each Farm Labor Contractor, 
Agricultural Employer, and Agricultural Association that employs a 
migrant or seasonal worker to make, keep, and preserve records for 
three years for each such worker concerning the: (1) Basis on which 
wages are paid; (2) number of piece work units earned, if paid on a 
piece work basis; (3) number of hours worked; (4) total pay period 
earnings; (5) specific sums withheld and the purpose of each sum 
withheld; (6) net pay. Respondents are also required to provide an 
itemized written statement of this information to each migrant and 
seasonal agricultural worker each pay period. See 29 U.S.C. 1821(d), 
1831(c), and 29 CFR 500.1-.80(d). Additionally, MSPA Sec.  201(e) and 
Sec.  301(d) require each Farm Labor Contractor provide copies of all 
the records noted above for the migrant and seasonal agricultural 
workers the contractor has furnished to other Farm Labor Contractors, 
Agricultural Employers, or Agricultural Associations who use the 
workers. Respondents must also make and keep certain records. Sec.  
201(c) of the MSPA requires all Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural 
Employers, and Agricultural Associations providing housing to a migrant 
agricultural worker to post in a conspicuous place at the site of the 
housing, or present to the migrant worker, a written statement of any 
housing occupancy terms and conditions. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on January 16, 2020 (85 FR 2760).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-WHD.
    Title of Collection: Disclosures to Workers Under the Migrant and 
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0002.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits 
and farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 94,729.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 71,338,888.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,202,228 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $2,853,555.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

    Dated: August 4, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-17369 Filed 8-7-20; 8:45 am]
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