[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55721-55722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26790]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of Existing
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Local Union
Report (EEO-3).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for an extension of the existing information
collection listed below.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
December 13, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Frances M. Hart, Executive
Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, 10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507. As a
convenience to commentators, the Executive Secretariat will accept
comments transmitted by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. The telephone
number of the FAX receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free
number.) Only comments of six or fewer
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pages will be accepted via FAX transmittal. This limitation is
necessary to assure access to the equipment. Receipt of FAX
transmittals will not be acknowledged, except that the sender may
request confirmation of receipt by calling the Executive Secretariat
staff at (202) 663-4078 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TDD). (These are not
toll-free telephone numbers.) Copies of comments submitted by the
public will be available to review at the Commission's library, Room
6502, 1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20507 between the hours of 9:30
and 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joachim Neckere, Director, Program
Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L Street, NW, Room 9222,
Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission solicits public comment to
enable it to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the Commission's functions,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
Collection Title: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
OMB Number: 3046-0006.
Frequency of Report: Biennial.
Type of Respondent: Referral local unions with 100 or more members.
Description of Affected Public: Referral local unions and
independent or unaffiliated referral unions and similar labor
organizations.
Responses: 3,000.
Reporting Hours: 3,000 (4,500 hours including recordkeeping).
Number of Forms: 1.
Federal Cost: $43,500.
Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers, employment
agencies, and labor organizations to make and keep records relevant to
a determination of whether unlawful employment practices have or are
being committed and to make reports therefrom as required by the EEOC.
Accordingly, the EEOC has issued regulations which set forth the
reporting requirement for various kinds of labor organizations--
Referral local unions with 100 or more have been required to submit
EEO-3 reports since 1967 (biennially since 1985). The individual
reports are confidential.
EEO-3 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of
discrimination against referral local unions. In addition, the data are
used to support EEOC decisions and conciliations, and for research.
Pursuant to section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, as amended, EEO-3 data are also shared with 86 State and Local
Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) and other government
agencies.
Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this information
collection is minimal. The estimated number of respondents included in
the annual EEO-3 survey is 3,000 referral local unions. Since each
union files one EEO-3 report, the number responses is 3,000. The total
biennial reporting burden is estimated to be 3,000 hours, and total
biennial reporting and recordkeeping burden is 4,500 hours.
This is an average burden estimate and is based on a long history
of reporting experience. The burden is dependent on the size of the
referral local union and on the number of referrals made by the union
during the reporting period. Smaller unions may well take under an hour
to complete the report. Over the years, the Commission has reduced the
reporting and record keeping burden by eliminating all local unions
with fewer than 100 members, by requiring record keeping for a two
month period only, by changing the data collection instrument, and by
changing the frequency of the data collection from an annual to a
biennial basis. Further reductions, such as filing by diskette or
magnetic tape, have been less successful because referral local unions
appear less likely to have computerized record keeping and reporting
capabilities.
Dated: October 6, 1999.
For the Commission.
Ida L. Castro,
Chairwoman.
[FR Doc. 99-26790 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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