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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 a certain understanding denominated the “Letter Agreement” or “Agreement” between the Chrysler Corporation (Chrysler) and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) raises issues under part 4 of Title I of ERISA.
Whether a document providing notification of a plan trustee’s change in name must be furnished to plan participants and beneficiaries in accordance with section 104(b)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and 29 C.F.R. §2520.104b-3.
Whether neither the Existing Plans nor the Consolidated Plan are (1) employee welfare benefit plans within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA, (2) employee pension benefit plans within the meaning of section 3(2) of ERISA, or (3) employee benefit plans within the meaning of section 3(3) of ERISA.
Whether under the affiliations among Cannon, Services and Administrators: (1) Administrators may continue to serve as the “nominal” plan administrator, (despite the limitation on the availability of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 77-9 (PTE 77-9),1 and (2) Cannon and Services may continue to rely on PTE 77-9 with respect to the classes of transactions described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) of Section III of the exemption.
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Whether the 1973 Incentive Stock Plan (the Plan) maintained by MCA, Inc. (the Employer) constitutes an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Whether the compensation being paid by the Fund to Victor Palmieri and Company Incorporated (“VPCO”), an investment manager employed by the Trustees pursuant to two agreements (more fully described in the request), and concerning the effect and lawfulness of certain provisions in those agreements would raise issues under section 404 of ERISA.
Whether various provisions of Part 4 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) apply to three alternative proposals for the distribution of the assets upon termination of the Painters Palm Coast District Council No. 76 Health and Hospitalization Trust Fund (Health Trust) and the Painters Palm Coast District Council No. 76 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust Fund (Apprenticeship Trust).
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Whether the appointment of Harvard as trustee of the Trusts, the performance by Harvard of the functions of trustee of the Trusts, and contributions by Harvard and THU under the terms of each plan to Harvard, as trustee of the Trusts do not constitute prohibited transactions within the meaning of section 406(a) or (b) of ERISA.
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