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.
The Department and its agencies issue guidance to provide clarifying information and technical assistance to the public on existing statutory and regulatory rights and obligations, inform the regulated community about best practices, and provide other useful information. The contents of these documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, except as authorized by law or incorporated into a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant.
Members of the public may petition the Department to modify or withdraw specific guidance documents. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
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Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 18-22 provides states information about preliminary FY 2023 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 02-22, Change 2 notifies states that the deadline for expressing interest in the grant opportunity announced in UIPL No. 02-22, Change 1, is extended to March 31, 2023; and to provide updated guidance on Tiger Team grant funding submission(s), including updated SF-424 instructions.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-16, Change 2 updates TEGL 10-16, Change 1, published August 23, 2017, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education. Within the Department of Education, the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education will update Program Memorandum (PM) 17-2 and the Rehabilitation Services Administration will update Technical Assistance Circular (TAC) 17-01 to be consistent with the changes reflected herein. With this issuance, the Departments update the guidance to reflect changes made to the information collection request (OMB Control No. 1205-0526) after August 23, 2017, and incorporate other changes to improve clarity of the guidance.
Information letter discussing the SECURE Act amendments to ERISA relating to the bonding requirements under ERISA section 412 that apply to pooled employer plans.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 04-22 provides INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2022 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs. This TEGL also provides guidance on excess carry-in of funding at the end of PY 2021.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 01-19, Change 1, updates TAADI instructions, previously issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 01-19. TAADI is a required component of quarterly reporting submitted by State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (“states”) and established procedures for corrective action by the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) in the event of non-compliance. The updated guidance provides clarifying language and better captures how the TAADI process adapts over time.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 02-22, Change 1, advises eligible entities that the deadline for submitting a grant application for the QUEST Disaster Recovery DWGs is extended to August 15, 2022.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-20, Change 4 provides states with information on existing sources of administrative funding to resolve outstanding items from the expired Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act unemployment compensation (UC) programs and to announce up to $225 million for administrative costs related to reporting and overpayment detection and recovery activities under certain CARES Act UC programs.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 17-22 initiates the SQSP process and defines additional requirements for the FY 2023 SQSP.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-22 informs states that the 2022 BAM Paid Claims Peer Reviews are canceled and will be replaced by the PUA Improper Payment Estimate Reviews during the weeks of August 14-20, 2022, and September 18-24, 2022. Federal staff and state staff will review a sample of PUA cases provided by 26 states (half of the total sampled cases for the selected states to be reviewed per review) to establish an estimated national improper payment (IP) rate for the PUA program.
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