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Number of Respondents: 21,070.
Number of Responses: 84,280.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,619.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
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Comments on This Notice and Internet
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You may submit comments in
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(1) electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
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Office is continuing to accept and
process submissions by regular mail due
to the COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket
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docket by hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037).
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notice titled ADDRESSES). The additional
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for information about materials not
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V. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393).
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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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 (the
Department) is soliciting comments
concerning a proposed extension of the
information collection request 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). The
Department proposes to extend the
approval of this existing information
collection without change to existing
requirements. The PRA program helps
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
January 9, 2023.
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.
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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:
Amy DeBisschop, 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). Alternative formats are
available upon request by calling 1–
866–487–9243. If you are deaf, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability,
please dial 7–1–1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29
U.S.C. 2601, and its regulations at 29
CFR part 825 require private sector
employers that 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.
Qualifying reasons for leave include
birth of a child and to bond with the
newborn child; placement with the
employee of a child for adoption or
foster care; to care for the employee’s
spouse, child, or parent who has a
serious health condition; a serious
health condition that makes the
employee unable to perform the
functions of the employee’s job;
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 current servicemember or
veteran with a serious injury or illness
who is the spouse, son, daughter,
parent, or next of kin to the employee.
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The Wage Hour Division (WHD)
created optional use forms for this
information collection. The General
Notice (WHD Publication 1420)
provides information needed to allow
employers to satisfy the general notice
requirement. See 825.300(a). The
Certification of Health Care Provider for
Employee’s Serious Health Condition
(Form WH–380–E) allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for their 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). The Certification of Health
Care Provider for Family Member’s
Serious Health Condition (Form WH–
380–F) allows an employee requesting
FMLA leave for a qualifying 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). Notice
of Eligibility & Rights and
Responsibilities (Form WH–381) allows
an employer to satisfy the regulatory
requirement to provide an employee
who potentially qualifies to take FMLA
leave with a notice of whether the
employee is eligible as defined in
825.110, and 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).
Designation Notice (Form WH–382)
provides a format an employer may use
to meet its obligation to designate leave
as FMLA leave. See 825.301(a).
Certification of Military Family Leave
for Qualifying Exigency (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. Certification for Serious Injury
or Illness of a Current Servicemember
for Military Caregiver Leave (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. Finally,
Certification for Serious Injury or Illness
of a Veteran for Military Caregiver Leave
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(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;
and
• Provide information that could help
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
extension of this information collection
to ensure effective administration of the
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,
as Amended.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: The Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, as Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0003.
Agency Numbers: Forms WH–380–E,
WH–380–F, WH–381, WH–382, WH–
384, WH–385, WH–385–V.
Affected Public: Private sector,
business or other for-profit, not-forprofit institutions; State, local, or Tribal
Governments; Federal Government.
Total Respondents: 19,059,432.
Total Annual Responses: 73,433,351.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
9,907,359.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
with type of request (1.25–20 minutes).
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost: $480,705,058.68.
Total Burden Cost (Operations/
Maintenance): $269,181,387.
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Amy DeBisschop,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
and Interpretation.
Dated: November 3, 2022.
Samuel Roth,
Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for
the Humanities.
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National Endowment for the
Humanities
Meeting of National Council on the
Humanities
National Endowment for the
Humanities, National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, notice is
hereby given that the National Council
on the Humanities will meet to advise
the Chair of the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) with respect
to policies, programs and procedures for
carrying out her functions.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, November 17, 2022, from
10:00 a.m. until 10:50 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by
videoconference originating at
Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Voyatzis, Committee
Management Officer, 400 7th Street SW,
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506; (202)
606–8322; evoyatzis@neh.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Council on the Humanities is
meeting pursuant to the National
Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951–960, as
amended). The National Council will
convene in executive session by
videoconference on November 17, 2022,
from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
This meeting of the National Council
on the Humanities will be closed to the
public pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4),
552b(c)(6), and 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5
U.S.C., as amended, because it will
include review of personal and/or
proprietary financial and commercial
information given in confidence to the
agency by grant applicants, and
discussion of certain information, the
premature disclosure of which could
significantly frustrate implementation of
proposed agency action. I have made
this determination pursuant to the
authority granted me by the Chairman’s
Delegation of Authority to Close
Advisory Committee Meetings dated
April 15, 2016.
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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 (the Department) is soliciting
comments concerning a proposed extension of the information collection
request 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). The Department proposes to
extend the approval of this existing information collection without
change to existing requirements. The PRA program helps 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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before January 9, 2023.
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: Amy DeBisschop, 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). Alternative formats are available upon request by calling
1-866-487-9243. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay
services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29
U.S.C. 2601, and its regulations at 29 CFR part 825 require private
sector employers that 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. Qualifying
reasons for leave include birth of a child and to bond with the newborn
child; placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster
care; to care for the employee's spouse, child, or parent who has a
serious health condition; a serious health condition that makes the
employee unable to perform the functions of the employee's job;
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 current servicemember or
veteran with a serious injury or illness who is the spouse, son,
daughter, parent, or next of kin to the employee.
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The Wage Hour Division (WHD) created optional use forms for this
information collection. The General Notice (WHD Publication 1420)
provides information needed to allow employers to satisfy the general
notice requirement. See 825.300(a). The Certification of Health Care
Provider for Employee's Serious Health Condition (Form WH-380-E) allows
an employee requesting FMLA leave for their 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). The
Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member's Serious
Health Condition (Form WH-380-F) allows an employee requesting FMLA
leave for a qualifying 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). Notice of
Eligibility & Rights and Responsibilities (Form WH-381) allows an
employer to satisfy the regulatory requirement to provide an employee
who potentially qualifies to take FMLA leave with a notice of whether
the employee is eligible as defined in 825.110, and 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). Designation Notice (Form WH-382) provides a format
an employer may use to meet its obligation to designate leave as FMLA
leave. See 825.301(a). Certification of Military Family Leave for
Qualifying Exigency (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.
Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of a Current Servicemember
for Military Caregiver Leave (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. Finally, Certification
for Serious Injury or Illness of a Veteran for Military Caregiver Leave
(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; and
Provide information that could help 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 extension of this information collection to ensure effective
administration of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as Amended.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235-0003.
Agency Numbers: Forms WH-380-E, WH-380-F, WH-381, WH-382, WH-384,
WH-385, WH-385-V.
Affected Public: Private sector, business or other for-profit, not-
for-profit institutions; State, local, or Tribal Governments; Federal
Government.
Total Respondents: 19,059,432.
Total Annual Responses: 73,433,351.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,907,359.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies with type of request (1.25-20
minutes).
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost: $480,705,058.68.
Total Burden Cost (Operations/Maintenance): $269,181,387.
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Amy DeBisschop,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation.
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