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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Denial of state exemption application.
Special exception for certain flight personnel whom the Wage and Hour Division has deemed to be within the spirit of the provision in the Fair Labor Standards Act exempting “employees employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity” provided certain conditions are met.
Continues policy stated in AAM 71, that DOL will take no exception to the practice of paying summer employees below the predetermined journey level rate pursuant to a bona fide Youth Opportunity Program under certain conditions. Extending beyond what was stated in AAM 71.
With respect to pending procurement actions in the case of contracts not yet entered into as a result of the solicitation of bids or proposals during the period when Proclamation 4031 was effective, each agency should, if it can do so legally and without undue hardship, take such action to accomplish a resolicitation of bids or proposals as is authorized under the governing procurement laws and regulations and is most appropriate to effect a reinstatement of the application of the Davis-Bacon provisions to the proposed contract work.
Whether post doctoral fellows qualify for exemption under Section 541
Whether an establishment selling souveniers to general public and providing tours supervised by National Park Service would meet the criteria for amusement and recreational exemptions.
Consideration of state exemption application.
Suspension of Davis-Bacon Act. Administrator of Wage & Hour Division provides additional guidance regarding implementation of President's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act.
This AAM provided clarification of certain aspects of AAM 91.
Denial of state exemption application.
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