[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4292-4293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2344]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Notice
In the matter of: 1. Payment of Compensation Without Award (LS-
206); 2. Certification of Funeral Expenses (LS-265); 3. Notice of
Controversion of Right to Compensation (LS-207); 4. Application for
Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages in Retail
or Service Establishments or Agriculture (WH-200-MIS).
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
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 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 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 Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of: (1) Payment
of Compensation Without Award; (2) Certification of Funeral Expenses;
(3) Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation; (4) Application
for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages in
Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture. Copies of the proposed
information collection requests can be obtained by contacting the
employee listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 8, 1996.
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;
* 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.
ADDRESSEE: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 219-7601 (this is not a toll-free number), fax 202-219-6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Payment of Compensation Without Award
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits
to certain workers injured in maritime employment or the navigable
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel.
Under the Act, a self-insured employer or insurance carrier is required
to pay compensation within 14 days after the employer has knowledge of
the injury or death. Upon making the first payment, the employer or
carrier must immediately notify the deputy commissioner of the payment.
This form has been designated as the form on which report of first
payment is to be made.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to monitor
the payment status of a given case.
Certification of Funeral Expenses
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits
to certain workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. The
Act provides that reasonable funeral expenses not to exceed $3,000
shall be paid in all compensable death cases. Form LS-265 has been
provided for use in submitting the funeral expenses for payment.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the extension of this information
collection in order to carry out its responsibility for monitoring and
processing death cases. It is used to certify the amount of funeral
expenses incurred in the case.
Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, which provides benefits
to certain workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel.
Pursuant to the Act, if an employer controverts the right to
compensation he/she shall file with the deputy commissioner in the
affected compensation district on or before the fourteenth day after he
has knowledge of the alleged injury or death, a notice, in accordance
with a form prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, stating that the
right to compensation is controverted. This form is used for that
purpose.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect
this information in order to determine the basis for not paying
benefits in a case, and to inform the injured claimant of the reason(s)
for not paying compensation benefits.
Application for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at Subminimum
Wages in Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture
I. Background
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires the Secretary of Labor
to provide certificates authorizing the employment of full-time
students at 65% of the applicable minimum wage in retail or service
establishments and in agriculture to the extent necessary to prevent
curtailment of opportunities for employment. These provisions set
limits on such employment and prescribe safeguards to protect full-time
students so employed and full-time employment opportunities of other
workers. 29 CFR Part 519 sets forth the application requirements, the
terms and conditions for the employment of students at subminimum
wages.
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This voluntary use form is prepared and signed by an authorized
representative of an employer applying for authorization to employ
full-time students at subminimum wages. The completed form is reviewed
by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to determine
whether to grant or to deny subminimum wage authority to the applicant.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect
this information in order to provide employers with the certification
necessary to pay students at subminimum wages, to protect full-time
students so employed, and to protect the full-time opportunities of
other workers.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Payment of Compensation Without Award.
OMB Number: 1215-0022.
Agency Number: LS-206.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 900.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 34,200.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,550.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $10,944.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Certification of Funeral Expenses.
OMB Number: 1215-0027.
Agency Number: LS-265.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 195.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 195.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Extimated Total Burden Hours: 49.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $68.00.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Notice of controversion of Right to Compensation.
OMB Number: 1215-0023.
Agency Number: LS-207.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 900.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 18,900.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,725.
Extimated total Burden Cost: $7,040.00.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Application for Authority to Employ Full-Time Students at
Subminimum Wage in Retail or Service Establishments or Agriculture.
OMB Number: 1215-0032.
Agency Number: WH-200-MIS.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or Other
For-Profit; Not-for-Profit Institutions; Farms.
Total Respondents: 5,000.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 5,000.
Average Time per Response: 10-30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,100.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $1,600.
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 will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: January 30, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Chief, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2344 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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