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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Whether the initial deposit or the maintenance deposit for when-issued trading in AT&T securities would not constitute a plan asset for purposes of Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; whether the initial deposit or the maintenance deposit is not required to be held in trust in accordance with section 403(a) of ERISA: and whether a broker-dealer would not become a fiduciary solely by reason of holding the initial deposit or maintenance deposit of a plan trading in when-issued AT&T securities.
Whether a Company and other members of its controlled group may from time to time retain an investment manager which is a lower tier subsidiary of the Company to manage assets of certain qualified employee benefit plans which the Company or any member of its controlled group maintains, or in the future may maintain, and that Investment Manager may be paid reasonable compensation, either from the assets of the Company or the assets of the plans, for performing such investment management services without engaging in a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA.
Administrative exemption does not apply to Lease Coordinator because they lack independent judgement under 541.207
Deductions made from the compensation of an employee who is paid a fixed salary for a variable or fluctuating workweek. Section 778.114 and 778.325
Work in compressed air and underground tunnelling. - [1926.804; 1926.803]
Deductions by employers from cash wages paid to employees to cover cash shortages. Tipped employees act as their own bank.
Whether a broker-dealer will not be deemed a fiduciary under section 3(21)(A)(ii) of ERISA unless the broker-dealer provides investment advice for distinct, non-transactional compensation.
Propane tank installation in passenger-carrying vehicles. - [1910.110(e)(4)(i)]
If Premium compensation paid to employees for special function work performed during non-normal worktime is excusable from the regular rate of pay computation pursuant to Section 7(e)(5)
Testing requirements for piping, valves, and fittings; Testing requirements for piping, valves, and fittings - [1910.106(c)(1)(i); 1910.106(b)(7)]
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