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OMB Control No: 1215-0181	ICR Reference No: 200709-1215-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200702-1215-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ESA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 29 CFR Part 825, The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 03/11/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/11/2008
Terms of Clearance: Terms of the previous clearance remain in effect. OMB is filing comment on this ICR, which is part of a proposed rule. Approval is not granted at this time. DOL should resubmit this ICR in conjunction with the final rule.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2010	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2010
Responses	15,058,850	0	15,058,850
Time Burden (Hours)	1,370,288	0	1,370,288
Cost Burden (Dollars)	11,915,480	0	11,915,480

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Compared to the last OMB clearance of the FMLA information collections on September 20, 2007, this request reflects an overall burden increase of 8,223,197 hours, of which 5,798,666 result from proposed regulatory changes. In addition, this request reflects 56,019,788 additional responses, of which 25,571,988 stem from proposed regulatory changes; and increased maintenance and operations costs of $95,302,207, with the proposed regulatory changes accounting for a $924,760 increase. The changed paperwork burden estimates stem from (1) the fact that prior efforts to calculate burden often used aggregate totals per respondent and did not break out each individual third-party disclosure or recordkeeping activity; (2) increased wages rates for persons completing the information collections and other higher costs, as discussed in Items 12-14 of the supporting statement; (3) a reconsideration of whether certain regulations impose a burden beyond what employees and employers customarily would do were the regulations not to exist, (4) additions to and deletions from specific notification requirements, and (5) improved information on the number of respondents subject to the FMLA paperwork requirements.