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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 Boards of Trustees of the Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund and Construction Industry Laborers Welfare Fund or the plan administrator are not required by section 104(b)(4) of ERISA or 29 CFR §2520.102-3(t)(2) to make available, upon written request of a participant, past participant or beneficiary, copies of minutes of the regular and/or special meetings of the Boards of Trustees or the Committee meetings of said Boards.
Whether the following acts or transactions are prohibited by section 406 of ERISA:
- Direct reporting by a multiemployer plan, or by an insurance company or other party making payments on behalf of the plan, to comply with section 6051(f) of the Code.
- Payment by a multiemployer plan, or by an insurance company or other party making payments on behalf of the plan, of the employer's portion of the FICA taxes on sick pay.
- Participation by the employer-appointed trustees in implementing either of the above.
- Payment by a multiemployer plan of the employee's portion of the FICA taxes on sick pay, through either the direct or the indirect method as described above.
Letter concerning two pneumatic plier straightening presses. - [1910.212]
Whether the formation and operation of Pension Equity Growth Trust, a pooled trust of the type described in Revenue Ruling 81-100 to provide qualified employee benefit plans with a vehicle for pooling a portion of their assets for investments in real estate, real estate loans and, to some extent, in government securities, raises prohibited transactions under ERISA.
Applicability of the noise standard to pulpwood logging. - [1910.95]
Plan's payments are garnishable subject to the disposable earnings limitations of Sections 303(a) and 303(b) of Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection act.
Company meets the definition of a retail or service establishment stated in section 13(a)(2) in order to qualify for the section 7(i) exemption.
Definition of "exposure" under 1910.1020. - [1910.1020(c)(8)]
DOL published significant changes in their DBA implementing regulations.
Whether Analytic, a registered investment adviser and a fiduciary of the Fund, or any other person selected as investment manager for the Fund, would be considered an "investment manager," as defined in section 3(38) of ERISA, with respect to each employee benefit plan participating in the Fund. Whether a named fiduciary of a plan participating in the Fund would be considered to have delegated authority to the Fund's investment manager to manage, acquire, or dispose of plan assets in accordance with section 403(a)(2) of ERISA.
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