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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Definition of "exposure" under 1910.1020. - [1910.1020(c)(8)]
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.
Whether the Forest Oil Corporation and Forest Oil of Canada, Ltd. Division Overriding Royalty Bonus Plan is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA section 3(3) and thus is covered by ERISA title I.
The letter addresses whether a patient is an employee under the FLSA. The letter concludes that "the fact that a physican has recommended work therapy for an individual patient has no bearing on the determination of an employment relationship."
Requirements for back up alarms. - [1926.601(b)(4); 1926.602(a)(9)(ii)]
Concerning if minimum wage applies to Domestic Service employees; full time child care providers
Whether the Massachusetts Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, the Rhode Island Laborers Health and Welfare Heavy Construction Trust Fund, the Rhode Island Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, and the Broward County Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Plans) are covered by ERISA.
The application of the short test for exemption in section 541.(f) in light of the ruling of the Third Circuit in Marshall v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 24 WH Cases 704 (C.A. 3, 1980).
Employer sponsors a savings plan, open to all employees. Bona fide 7(e)(3) savings plan receive formal approval from the Administrator, provided the statutory and regulatory criteria are met, for employer contributions to be excluded from the regular rate of pay.
Whether the individual retirement account (IRA) payroll deduction program of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) would constitute an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(2) of ERISA.
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