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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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.
Search Tips
- If you are searching using an acronym, try a second search with the acronym spelled out. For example, if you are searching for guidance related to the Davis-Bacon Act, try searching "Davis-Bacon Act" as well as "DBA".
- For more specific results, use quotation marks around phrases.
- For more general results, remove quotation marks to search for each word individually. For example, minimum wage will return all documents that have either the word minimum or the word wage in the description, while “minimum wage” will limit results to those containing that phrase.
Tree Care Industry
General Information about the Wirtz Labor Library, including operating hours, collection features and information and contact information
Information for the public interested in visiting the library
Memo informs State Plans and Regional Administrators of a new policy effective immediately for permanently redistributing 23(g) funds that are repeatedly lapsed or deobligated by State Plans.
Informed community of on-line application system and notifies of updates to certificate application processing and contact information for the certification division staff.
This letter provides guidance on an eligible employee, as FMLA leave, attending a committee on special education meeting to discuss a child’s Individualized Education Program.
Application of 7(k) to public agency employees working for both the police and fire departments
Sheriff deputies may be volunteers and still work for 3rd parties as security
This presents an example safety and health program for a hypothetical small business. It illustartes simple approaches that a small business can use to begin implementing the core elements of a safety and health program.
Ethylene Oxide
This button allows you to download all records in the database as of 1:00 am ET today into a CSV file. Please note that record changes made today will not be reflected until tomorrow.