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COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Request 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection—Extension With Change: 

Local Union Report (EEO–3). 

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 with 

change of the Local Union Report (EEO– 

3) (Form 274). EEOC is in the process 

of revising 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). See 

Appendix A for a draft version of the 

proposed Form 274. Pending OMB 

approval of an emergency extension 

request, to be effective after the current 

August 31, 2014 expiration date, a 

regular clearance request for OMB 


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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 October 

27, 2014. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e– 

8(c), a public hearing concerning the 

proposed changes to the EEO–3 will be 

held at a place and time to be 

announced. Persons wishing to present 

their views orally should notify the 

Commission of their desire to do so in 

writing no later than September 26, 

2014. The request to present views 

orally at a public hearing should 

include a written summary of the 

remarks to be offered. 

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. 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 p.m. Eastern 

Time or can be reviewed at http://

www.regulations.gov. EEOC reserves the 

right to refrain from posting comments, 

including those that contain obscene, 

indecent, or profane language; contain 

threats or defamatory statements; 

contain hate speech directed at race, 

color, sex, sexual orientation, national 

origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or 

disability; or promote or endorse 

services or products. 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 now proposes to revise 

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). This 

will require a change of the Form 274. 

EEOC will revise the EEO–3 report to 

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. 

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. 

RECURRING COSTS

Annual responses Annual burden hours Burden hours per report Burden hours per cell EEOC cost 

Current form 

55 Cells 

1,401 2,102 1.5 0.027 $60,000 

Revised form 

75 Cells 

1,176 2,405 2.05 0.027 $81,935 

* Note: Due to rounding, for this table, figures may not be replicated exactly. 

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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. However, 

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 

have this ability. The chart below shows 

the estimated cost for respondents who 

will have to re-survey the members to 

comply with the new race and ethnicity 

changes. 

ONE TIME COSTS

[Modifications to Human Resource Information Systems] 

Labor task requirements Hours Hourly rate Cost 

System/business analyst ....................................................................................................... 8 $55 $440 

Developer ............................................................................................................................... 24 65 1,560 

Tester ..................................................................................................................................... 8 50 400 

Total per local ................................................................................................................. .......................... .......................... $2,400 

Locals Total costs 

Total all respondents ............................................................................................................. 1,176 $2,822,400 

In order to help reduce survey 

burden, respondents are encouraged to 

report data electronically whenever 

possible. 

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. 

Dated: August 21, 2014. 

For the Commission. 

Jacqueline A. Berrien, 

Chair. 

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PART C. REMARKS 

PART D. 

SCHEDUlE I-LOCAL UNION REPORT (EE0-3) 

MEMBERSHIP, APPLICANT and REFERRAl.. INFORMATION 

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