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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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OSHA policy on the containerization and disposal of specimen containers used for urine collection in medical settings. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)]
FAQ addressing how an employer can request an extension from Atlanta National Processing Center when documentation can not be timely submitted.
FAQs to assist job contractor employers and their clients with applying for H-2B labor certifications following the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision in CATA v. Solis, et al., Civil No. 2:09-cv-240-LP, 2010 WL 3431761 (
Provides information in Vietnamese on the health effects associated with formaldhyde used in hair straightening producta and the methods used to control worker exposures.
Provides information in Spanish on the health effects associated with formaldhyde used in hair straightening producta and the methods used to control worker exposures.
This PIB informs the mining industry and CMS&H enforcement personnel of some of the regulations governing the use of fire suppression systems used for protection of unattended battery charging stations and other unattended electrically powered equipment u
The purpose of this PIB is to increase awareness of the detrimental effects associated with low oxygen concentrations, emphasize the importance of testing for oxygen concentrations at certain locations, and identify some of these locations in underground
Provides information on the health effects associated with formaldehyde and methods used to control worker exposures.
Provides information on recognizing and preventing heat related illnesses.
Provides information on recognizing and preventing heat related illnesses.
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