100540 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Labor 

Organization and Auxiliary Reports 

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management 

Standards, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Office of LaborManagement Standards, Department of 

Labor (OLMS)—sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202– 

693–8633, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of Labor administers and 

enforces provisions of the LaborManagement Reporting and Disclosure 

Act of 1959, as amended, Public Law 

86–257, 73 Stat. 519–546, codified at 29 

U.S.C. 401–531. The LMRDA, in part, 

establishes labor-management 

transparency through reporting and 

disclosure requirements for labor 

organizations and officials, employers, 

labor relations consultants, and surety 

companies. Section 203(a) of the 

LMRDA imposes reporting requirements 

on employers who enter into specified 

financial transactions or arrangements 

with a labor union, union official, 

employee, or labor relations consultant. 

29 U.S.C. 433(a). Section 203(b) of the 

LMRDA additionally requires public 

disclosure of certain agreements or 

arrangements between any person, 

including labor relations consultants 

and other individuals and organizations, 

to undertake certain activities 

concerning employees or labor 

organizations. 29 U.S.C. 433(b). Under 

LMRDA section 208, the Secretary of 

Labor is authorized to issue, amend, and 

rescind rules and regulations 

prescribing the form and publication of 

required reports, as well as ‘‘such other 

reasonable rules and regulations . . . as 

[s]he may find necessary to prevent the 

circumvention or evasion of such 

reporting requirements.’’ 29 U.S.C. 438. 

The Secretary published the Form LM– 

10 ‘‘Employer Report’’ for employers, 

and the Form LM–20 ‘‘Agreement and 

Activities Report’’ and Form LM–21 

‘‘Receipts and Disbursements Report’’ 

for labor relations consultants. 

The Department seeks to amend the 

Form LM–10, Form LM–20, and Form 

LM–21 to supplement the identifying 

information OLMS already collects from 

employers and consultants by requiring 

an Employer Identification Number 

(EIN). An EIN uniquely identifies each 

employer or consultant, and its 

inclusion on the Form LM–10, Form 

LM–20, and Form LM–21 would avoid 

confusion and allow the public and 

employees to confirm the identity of 

filers and consultants more easily. This 

revision will also improve the efficiency 

of OLMS operations, as OLMS will be 

able to use the unique EIN number to 

differentiate existing filers from new 

filers, and crossmatch employer and 

consultant reports more effectively. If a 

consultant does not have an EIN, OLMS 

would require that the filing employer 

or other consultant identify the 

consultant by providing the consultant’s 

LM file number, if it already had 

obtained one. 

The Department also seeks to amend 

the Form LM–20 to differentiate 

requirements for primary consultants 

and sub-consultants to the underlying 

employer-consultant agreement. These 

revisions to the Form LM–20 would 

require primary consultants to disclose 

whether any individuals through whom 

an employer-consultant agreement was 

performed is a sub-consultant and to 

provide the name and EIN of that subconsultant in Item 11.d, as well as 

require sub-consultants to provide the 

name, EIN, and mailing address of the 

primary consultant the sub-consultant 

entered into agreement within Item 8. 

These revisions would help avoid 

confusion and allow the public and 

employees to confirm the identity of 

filers and consultants more easily, as 

well as provide greater efficiency to 

OLMS for cross-matching employer and 

consultant reports. 

The Department is seeking comment 

on the collection of the EIN on Forms 

LM–10, LM–20, and LM–21, as well as 

revisions to Form LM–20 to differentiate 

between primary consultants and subconsultants to the employer-consultant 

agreement, which would additionally 

require the disclosure of EIN for those 

sub-consultants. The Department is 

seeking comments on the necessity of 

these revisions for the performance of 

OLMS, the accuracy of the estimated 

reporting burden, and any methods by 

which OLMS could continue to 

minimize the burden of collecting 

information. 

The Department also seeks to require 

each filer to provide the email addresses 

of the corresponding parties to the 

agreement that triggered the reporting 

requirement (underlying agreement). 

The email addresses will not appear on 

the submitted forms or otherwise be 

publicly available, but OLMS will seek 

to use the email addresses to ensure 

compliance. The Department also 

proposes a technical revision to the 

Form LM–1 instructions, Item 9, to 

match the corresponding item on the 

form. 

The Department is also seeking 

comments on handling instances when 

a consultant or employer does not 

provide or does not have an EIN, or a 

file number given by OLMS. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 3, 2024 (89 FR 80605). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 


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receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: Department of Labor, Office 

of Labor-Management Standards. 

Title of Collection: Labor Organization 

and Auxiliary Reports 

OMB Control Number: 1245–0003. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 32,791. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 35,067. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

4,644,740 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nora Hernandez, 

PRA Department Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29218 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–86–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Work 

Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) 

Implementation Evaluation 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Chief 

Evaluation Office (CEO)-sponsored 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

implementation evaluation of the Work 

Opportunity Tax Credit has been 

authorized by the Department of Labor’s 

Chief Evaluation Office, in partnership 

with the Employment and Training 

Administration and the Office of 

Disability Employment Policy. This 

implementation evaluation is 

authorized to fulfill the requirements of 

the Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act of 2018 and 

associated Office of Management and 

Budget guidance. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on December 12, 2023 

(88 FR 238). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–CEO. 

Title of Collection: Work Opportunity 

Tax Credit (WOTC) Implementation 

Evaluation. 

OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,450. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,450. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

505 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; United 

States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 

(USMCA) Web-Based Hotline 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs (ILAB)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202– 

693–8633, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection is necessary as 

DOL is required by the USMCA 

Implementation Act to establish and 

monitor a web-based hotline as an 

information collection system. This 

USMCA web-based hotline serves as an 

electronic portal to collect and receive 

confidential information regarding labor 

issues among USMCA countries directly 

from interested parties, including 

Mexican workers. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on September 9, 2024 

(89 FR 72897). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 


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