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OMB Control No: 1235-0003	ICR Reference No: 201003-1235-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200709-1215-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/WHD	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 29 C.F.R. 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: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/12/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/12/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2011	36 Months From Approved
Responses	88,385,575	0	15,058,850
Time Burden (Hours)	18,969,645	0	1,370,288
Cost Burden (Dollars)	162,821,810	0	11,915,480

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	88,385,575	15,058,850	14,827,012	4,669	58,495,044
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	18,969,645	1,370,288	3,482,473	7,020,126	7,096,758
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	162,821,810	11,915,480	455,927	0	150,450,403

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: In addition to the 3,482,473 burden hour increase that occured as a result of new statutory requirements, discretionary changes were made to the regulations -- adding and deleting specific notification requirements -- that resulted in an increase of 7,020,126 hours. The burden estimates were also adjusted upward by 7,096,758 because of improved information on the number of respondents subject to the FMLA paperwork requirements, recalculation of burden based on a more disaggregated approach, and a reconsideration of whether certain regulations impose a burden beyond what employees and employers customarily would do in the absence of the regulations. The estimated annual cost burden has increased due to an increase in maintenance and operations costs of $150,906,330, of which $455,927 are based on statutory changes and the remainder is due to the reasons mentioned above, as well as, increased wage rates and other costs for persons completing the information collections.