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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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This letter is in response to the jurisdictional inquiry concerning whether businesses participating in the Department of Defense’s SkillBridge Program constitute federal contractors for the purposes of Executive Order 11246, Section 503, and VEVRAA.
A directive issued to ensure that federal contractors are not discriminating against spouses of protected veterans and to provide compliance assistance during compliance evaluations on how contractors can support the families of protected veterans.
Answers to FAQs regarding military spouses
Final disclosure templates, uniform glossary, and instructions.
Active duty service members that receive training from a private firm under a DOD program may be considered interns and not employees of the private firm
A guide that should be used to serve as a valuable self-assessment tool for construction contractors to review the practices they have in place to eliminate discrimination and achieve their equal employment opportunity goals.
Prevailing Wage Determination Policy Guidance (revised November 2019)
Joint publication with the IRS providing an overview of the available retirement savings options.
Joint publication with the IRS providing an overview of the incentives for establishing a plan, what is involved in establishing and operating a plan, and resources available from the IRS and DOL.
Joint publication with the IRS providing an overview of the incentives for establishing a plan, what is involved in establishing and operating a plan, and resources available from the IRS and DOL.
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