Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Final Comment Request

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Final Comment Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final notice of submission for OMB review.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has submitted a request for

clearance of the information collection described below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB). A notice that the EEOC would be

submitting this request was published in the Federal Register on July

21, 1999, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. No public

comments were received.

DATES: Written comments on this final notice must be submitted on or

before November 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this final notice should be submitted to the

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel,

Desk Officer for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or electronically

mailed to [email protected] Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be addressed to Mr. Neckere at

the address below.

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:

Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).

OMB-Number: 0346-0007.

Frequency of Report: Annual.

Type of Respondent: Private employer with 100 or more employees and

some federal government contractors and first-tier contractors with 50

or more employees.

Description of Affected Public: Private industry employers and

businesses, private institutions and organizations, and farms.

Number of Responses: 170,000 (revised).

Reporting Hours: 402,700 (revised).

Number of Forms: 1.

Federal Cost: $834,635.

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 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 requirements for various kinds of

employers. Employers in the private sector with 100 or more employees

and some federal contractors with 50 or more employees have been

required to submit EEO-1 reports annually since 1966. The individual

reports are confidential.

EEO-1 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of

discrimination against employers in private industry. In addition, the

data are used to support EEOC decisions and conciliations, and for

research. The data are shared with the Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in the U.S. Department of Labor, and

several other federal agencies. Pursuant to section 709(d) of Title VII

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data are also shared

with 86 State and Local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).

Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in

the annual EEO-1 survey is 45,000 private employers. The estimated

number of responses per respondent averages between 3 and 4 EEO-1

reports. The number of annual responses is approximately 170,000 hours

and the total annual burden is estimated to be 402,700 hours. This

represents a reduction of 61,000 hours from the previous EEO-1

information collection request and is due to increased computerization.

In order to help further reduce burden, respondents are encouraged to

report data on electronic media such as magnetic tapes or interactive

diskettes.

For the Commission.

Dated: October 4, 1999.

Ida L. Castro,

Chairwoman.

[FR Doc. 99-26239 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]

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