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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 First Federal Savings and Loan Association Stock Purchase Plan and Trust Agreement is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) or an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(2) of ERISA.
Whether under the reporting requirements of section 103(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) the Department would view a "no opinion" audit by the independent qualified public accountant as the equivalent of no audit of the accountant could not perform enough audit procedures to render an opinion, because several plans he audited did not prepare their financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and other plans want the accountant to limit the scope of the accountant's examination by excluding the audit of participant data.
Acceptable respirators for exposure to ethylene oxide; Acceptable respirators for exposure to ethylene oxide. - [1910.134; 1910.1047]
Whether the election by Diagnostic Pathology, P.A.(the Employer) to become a small business corporation would cause loans from the Diagnostic Pathology, P.A. Employees' Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans to each of the two doctors who own 50% of the outstanding shares of the employee, which were made in accordance with the provisions of section 408(b)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) to become to become prohibited transactions under section 406 of ERISA and 4975(c) of the Code by virtue of section 408(d) of ERISA and the last paragraph of 4975(d) of the Code.
Whether the Nevada Resort Association Health and Welfare Trust (the Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and subject to the requirements of that title.
Review of permissible radiation exposure levels. - [1910.1096]
Safeguarding of floor holes between platforms and equipment. - [1910.21(a)(1); 1910.23]
Whether the Continuing Unemployment Proficiency and Training Fund to be added to the IBEW Local No. 212 (the Union) Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trust Fund may provide benefits included in the definition of an employee welfare benefit plan in section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Clarification concerning allowable drilling distance between loaded holes for a blasting operation. - [1926.905; 1926.905(h); 1926.905(i)]
Blood-lead level requirements and medical removal protection provisions of the lead standard. - [1910.1025]
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