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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Provides updated information and technical assistance that can help entities in the workforce development system meet the disability requirements in WIOA Section 188. Includes examples of promising practices that can help promote equal access for individu
Silica FAQs for General Industry (2019, January).
Tractor Safety: Rollover Protection and Operating Tractors Safely ◦English (PDF). OSHA Publication 3965, (2019, January).
FAQs provide information about requirements under the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act for group health plans.
Provides description of HIPAA obligations for employers and services providers.
A checklist for Indirect Cost Proposals for State and Local Governments
Guidance for workers who filed for social security benefits and receive a notice that they may also have a private retirement benefit, including how to obtain more information.
Five Ways to Prevent Falls (2019, January).
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