Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 27481 [2021-10637]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 96 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10637]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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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. 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. Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed reinstatement without 
change of the ``Current Population Survey (CPS) Displaced Worker, Job 
Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement'' to be conducted in 
January 2022 and January 2024. 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 July 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin Good, 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 email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Good, BLS Clearance Officer, at 
202-691-7763 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility 
supplement is conducted biennially and was last collected in January 
2020.
    This supplement will gather information on workers who have lost or 
left their jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there 
was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was 
abolished. Data will be collected on the extent to which displaced 
workers received advance notice of job cutbacks or the closing of their 
plant or business. For those workers who have been reemployed, the 
supplement will gather data on the types of jobs they found and will 
compare current earnings with those from the lost job. The incidence 
and nature of occupational changes in the preceding year will be 
queried. The survey also probes for the length of time workers 
(including those who have not been displaced) have been with their 
current employer. Additional data to be collected include information 
on the receipt of unemployment compensation, the loss of health 
insurance coverage, and the length of time spent without a job.
    Because this supplement is part of the CPS, the same detailed 
demographic information collected in the CPS will be available on 
respondents to the supplement. Comparisons will be possible across 
characteristics such as sex, race and ethnicity, age, and educational 
attainment of the respondent.
    The information collected by this survey will be used to determine 
the size and nature of the population affected by job displacements and 
the needs and scope of programs serving adult displaced workers. It 
also will be used to assess employment stability by determining the 
length of time workers have been with their current employer and 
estimating the incidence of occupational change over the course of a 
year. Combining the questions on displacement, job tenure, and 
occupational mobility will enable analysts to obtain a more complete 
picture of employment stability. This is especially relevant given the 
increase in unemployment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 
which may also have accelerated structural changes in the economy.

II. Current Action

    Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the 
CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement 
to the CPS. A reinstatement without change of this previously approved 
collection, for which approval has expired, is needed to provide the 
Nation with timely information about displaced workers, job tenure, and 
occupational mobility.

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; and
     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.
    Title of Collection: CPS Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and 
Occupational Mobility Supplement.
    OMB Number: 1220-0104.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change.
    Affected Public: Households.
    Total Respondents: 48,000.
    Frequency: Once, biennially.
    Total Responses: 48,000.
    Average Time per Response: 8 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,400 hours.
    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, on May 14, 2021.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems.
[FR Doc. 2021-10637 Filed 5-19-21; 8:45 am]
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