Guidance Search
The Department of Labor provides this guidance search tool as a single, searchable location where users may search for guidance issued by any of the Department’s agencies, including significant guidance documents under Executive Order 12866. Individual guidance documents are maintained on the various agency websites, and if you know what agency you are looking for, you may also find guidance by navigating directly to that agency’s website. The Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register, which are not maintained by the Department, also include some of the Department’s interpretations of law and similar material.
OMB’s Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices establishes policies and procedures for the development, issuance, and use of significant guidance documents by Executive Branch departments, including requiring that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor. Petitions should identify the specific guidance document by name and include your reason(s) for the request.
On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation.” In response, the Department issued a final rule January 27, 2021 to rescind its August 28, 2020 rule on guidance documents.
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Air compressor systems must be tested for air purity on six month intervals. - [1910.430(b)(4)]
Generic MSDSs to cover different products that contain the same chemicals in different proportions. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Plan established by the Burger King Corporation (the Company) is an unfunded scholarship program within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-1(k) and, therefore, not an "employee welfare benefit plan" subject to the provisions of title I of ERISA.
Whether the receipt of payment by the Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation (FACC) from an unrelated buyer (the Buyer) for the sale by FACC of its leasehold interest, including renewal rights, in certain real property (the Property) are prohibited by ERISA sections 406(a), 406(b) and 414(c) thus FACC would be prohibited from receiving full payment from the Buyer for the assignment of its entire leasehold interest in the Property.
The use of Presense Sensing Device Initiation light curtains in regard to Mechanical Power Presses, Hydraulic Power Presses and Hydraulic Welding Presses. - [1910.212]
There is no requirement for employers to respond to requests for material safety data sheets (MSDS) for old products. - [1910.1200]
Four-wheel All Terrain vehicles which lack roll-over protection structures are not presently covered by our construction standards.
Whether the professional development programs offered by Main Hurdman & Cranstoun are employee benefit plans under section 3(1) of ERISA and covered by the reporting and disclosure requirements of part 1 of title I of ERISA.
MSDS and label requirements for an antiknock compound containing EDB, EDC, and tetraethyl lead. - [1910.1200]
Twenty-four hour coverage for emergency telephone numbers. - [1910.1200]
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