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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
Petitions to Modify or Withdraw a DOL guidance document may also be submitted by mail at the address below. Petitions should identify the specific guidance document by name and include your reason(s) for requesting withdrawal or modification.
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of the Executive Secretariat
200 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20210
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This fact sheet explains COVID-19-related activities that protect employees under Section 11(c) of the OSH Act.
The Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 26-21 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 – December 31, 2021, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022).
The Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 22-21, Change 1 advises states that the deadline for submitting an SF-424 for grants to assist states with fraud detection and prevention, including identity verification and overpayment recovery activities, in all unemployment compensation (UC) programs, is extended to October 31, 2021.
The Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 28-20, Change 3 advises states that the deadline for submitting an SF-424 for grants to assist states with fraud detection and prevention, including identity verification and overpayment recovery activities, in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance(PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programs, is extended to October 31, 2021.
This Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 23-20, Change 1 corrects the allocations in Attachment III for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) Career Services and Training (CST) grant recipients operating in California only (all other allocations remain the same as originally published).
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 16-20, Change 6 provides states with additional operating instructions in processing PUA claims and updated instructions for reporting PUA program activities.
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 25-21 provides states information about preliminary Fiscal Year 2022 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor allocates base resources among the states.
Highlights measures that commercial diving contractors and facility operators must take to ensure divers' safety.
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter initiates the SQSP process and defines additional requirements for the FY 2022 SQSP.
This set of FAQs addresses implementation of the No Surprises Act.
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