81 FR 62885 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Request

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 177 (September 13, 2016)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension without change of the Local Union Report (EEO-3) (Form 274). Pending OMB approval of an emergency extension request, to be effective after the current September 30, 2016 expiration date, a regular clearance request for OMB review and approval of a three-year extension of the EEO-3 Report is beginning.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62885-62886]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21892]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of information collection--extension without change: 
Local Union Report (EEO-3).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for a three-year extension without change of the Local Union 
Report (EEO-3) (Form 274). Pending OMB approval of an emergency 
extension request, to be effective after the current September 30, 2016 
expiration date, a regular clearance request for OMB review and 
approval of a three-year extension of the EEO-3 Report is beginning.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
November 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Bernadette Wilson, Acting 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 20507. As a convenience to 
commenters, the Executive Secretariat will accept comments totaling six 
or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') machine. This limitation is 
necessary to assure access to the equipment. The telephone number of 
the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number.) 
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) 663-4070 (voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TTD). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.) Instead of sending written 
comments to EEOC, you may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments. All comments received through this portal will be posted 
without change, including any personal information you provide, except 
as noted below. The EEOC reserves the right to refrain from posting 
libelous or otherwise inappropriate comments including those that 
contain obscene, indecent, or profane language; that contain threats or 
defamatory statements; that contain hate speech directed at race, 
color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, or genetic 
information; or that promote or endorse services or products. All 
comments received, including any personal information provided, also 
will be available for public inspection during normal business hours by 
appointment only at the EEOC Headquarters' Library, 131 M Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20507. Upon request, individuals who require assistance 
viewing comments will be provided appropriate aids such as readers or 
print magnifiers. To schedule an appointment, contact EEOC Library 
staff at (202) 663-4630 (voice) or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not 
toll-free numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 
(voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY). Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the Office of Communications and 
Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 Information Collection

    Collection Title: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
    OMB Number: 3046-0006.
    Frequency of Report: Biennial.
    Type of Respondent: Local referral unions with 100 or more members.
    Description of Affected Public: Local referral unions and 
independent or unaffiliated referral unions and similar labor 
organizations.
    Responses: 1,036.
    Biennial Reporting Hours: 2,123.8.
    Biennial Burden Hour Cost: $87,588.10.
    Biennial Federal Cost: $81,935.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Form Number: EEOC Form 274.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires labor organizations to 
make and keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful 
employment practices have been or are being committed and to produce 
reports from the data. The EEOC issued regulations requiring local 
referral unions with 100 or more members to submit EEO-3 reports. The 
individual reports are confidential. The EEOC uses EEO-3 data to 
investigate charges of discrimination and for research.
    Burden Statement: The EEOC has updated its methodology for 
calculating annual burden to reflect the different

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staff that are responsible for preparing and filing the EEO-3. The EEOC 
now accounts for time to be spent biennially on EEO-3 reporting by 
business agents and administrative staff, as well as time spent by 
attorneys who, in a few cases, may consult briefly during the reporting 
process. The estimated number of respondents included in the biennial 
EEO-3 survey is 1,036 referral unions, as this is the number of filers 
from the 2014 reporting cycle. The estimated hour burden per report 
will be 2.05 hours, and the estimated total biennial respondent burden 
hours will be 2,123.8. Burden hour cost was calculated using median 
hourly wage rates for administrative staff and legal counsel, and 
average hourly wage rates for labor union business agents.\1\ The 
burden hour cost per report will be $84.54, and the estimated total 
biennial burden hour cost will be $87,588.10. (See Table 1 for 
calculations.)
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    \1\ Median hourly wage rates for administrative staff and legal 
counsel were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (see U.S. 
Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook 
Handbook, http://www/bls.gov/ooh/) and the average hourly wage rate 
for a labor union business agent was obtained from salaryexpert.com 
(see https://www.salaryexpert.com/salarysurveydata/job=labor-union-business-agent/salary).

                              Table 1--Updated Estimate of Burden for EEO-3 Report
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                                    Hourly wage     Hours  per       Cost  per     Total burden    Total burden
   Local referral union staff          rate            local           local           hours         hour cost
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Secretaries and administrative            $17.55               1          $17.55            1036      $18,181.80
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Business agent..................           64.21               1           64.21            1036       66,521.56
Corporate legal counsel.........           55.69            0.05          2.7845            51.8        2,884.74
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    Total.......................  ..............            2.05         84.5445         2,123.8       87,588.10
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    These estimates are based on an assumption of paper reporting. 
However, the EEOC has made electronic filing much easier for 
respondents required to file the EEO-3 Report. As a result, more 
respondents are using this filing method. This development, along with 
the greater availability of human resource information software, is 
expected to significantly reduce the actual burden of reporting. The 
Commission continues to develop more reliable estimates of reporting 
burdens given the significant increase in electronic filing and explore 
new approaches to make such reporting even less burdensome. In order to 
help reduce survey burden, respondents are encouraged to report data 
electronically whenever possible.

    Dated: September 2, 2016.

    For the Commission.
Jenny R. Yang,
Chair.
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