[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2704-2706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00737]
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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ACTION: Final notice of submission for OMB review--extension with
change: Local Union Report (EEO-3).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) hereby
gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension with change of the
Local Union Report (EEO-3). The EEOC is proposing revisions to the race
and ethnicity categories on the EEO-3 report to conform to OMB's
Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on
Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards), as applied
in OMB Bulletin No. 00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of
Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March
9, 2000).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
February 19, 2015.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR and applicable supporting documentation
submitted to OMB for this review may be obtained from: Ronald Edwards,
Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC
20507. Comments on this final notice must be submitted to Chad A.
Lallemand, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Room 10235, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or electronically mailed to
[email protected]. Copies of 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 (TTY). (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. Copies of comments submitted by the public to EEOC directly or
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by
advance appointment only, at the Commission's library between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time or can be reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. To schedule an appointment to inspect the comments
at EEOC's library, contact the 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) 663-4949
(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: The EEOC has collected information from
local unions on the EEO-3 form since 1966. The Commission is proposing
revisions to the EEO-3 report to conform to OMB's Revisions to the
Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
(October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards), as applied in OMB Bulletin No.
00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use
in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 9, 2000). The
revisions to the EEO-3 report, Form 274, include the following race and
ethnicity categories: Hispanic or Latino; White; Black or African
American; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; American
Indian or Alaska Native; and Two or More Races.
A notice that EEOC would be submitting this request was published
in the Federal Register on August 27, 2014 allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. There were no comments received from the public.
Overview of 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: 1,176.
Reporting Hours: 2,405.
Cost Burden: $2,822,400.
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 referral
local 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 estimated number of respondents included in
the biennial EEO-3 survey is 1,176 referral unions. The changes
discussed herein will increase the biennial respondent burden hours
from 2,102 to 2,405 and EEOC costs from $60,000 to $81,935. The burden
per report will be 2.05 hours. The increase in burden hours per report
is due to the changes made to the Form 274.
Estimated burden hours were calculated by multiplying the number of
reports expected to be filed biennially (1,176 in 2012) by the
estimated average time to complete and submit each report (2.05 hours).
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 jurisdictions are
using this filing method. This development, along with the greater
availability of human resource information software, is expected to
have significantly reduced the actual burden of reporting, but
empirical data in this area is lacking. Accordingly, efforts will be
undertaken by the Commission to (1) develop more reliable estimates of
reporting burdens given the significant increase in electronic filing;
and (2) to implement new approaches to make such reporting even less
burdensome.
The other new burden is the one-time cost of respondents changing
the manner in which they collect and store the new race and ethnicity
changes as well as changes to computer programs and systems. There will
be no cost for respondents with a current system that is already
designed to handle the full multiple race and ethnicity
classifications. It is estimated that about ten percent of respondents
currently
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have this ability. The estimated cost for respondents that will have to
re-survey the members to comply with the new race and ethnicity changes
is $2,822,400.
Dated: January 9, 2015.
For the Commission.
Jenny R. Yang,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2015-00737 Filed 1-16-15; 8:45 am]
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