Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Government Contractor Paid Sick Leave, 66749 [2022-24012]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24012]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Government Contractor Paid Sick Leave

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 the agency 
receives on or before December 5, 2022.

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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 7, 2015, President Barack Obama 
signed Executive Order 13706, ``Establishing Paid Sick Leave for 
Federal Contractors.'' The Executive Order directed the Secretary to 
issue regulations by September 30, 2016, to the extent permitted by law 
and consistent with the requirements of 40 U.S.C. 121, to implement the 
Order's requirements. The Final Rule established standards and 
procedures for implementing and enforcing the paid sick leave 
requirements of Executive Order 13706. Among other requirements, the 
regulations at 29 CFR 13 require employers subject to the Order to make 
and maintain records for notifications to employees on leave accrual 
and requests to use paid sick leave, dates and amounts of paid sick 
leave used, written responses to requests to use paid sick leave, 
records relating to certification and documentation where an employer 
requires this from an employee using at least 3 consecutive days of 
leave, tracking of or calculations related to an employee's accrual or 
use of paid sick leave, the relevant covered contract, pay and benefits 
provided to an employee using leave, and any financial payment for 
unused sick leave made to an employee on separation from employment. 
For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2022 (87 FR 
43059).
    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: Government Contractor Paid Sick Leave.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0029.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,039,200.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 30,700,566.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 604,685 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $1,168,157.

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

     Dated: October 31, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-24012 Filed 11-3-22; 8:45 am]
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