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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Informing BAT Staff of labor management rules prohibiting serving as umpires or tie-breakers in training funds
Coverage of truck drivers due to dutiees closely integrated with constrution and continuous relationship with the job sit ework. Delivery of supplies by truck drivers employed by bona fide materialmen distinguished as not covered.
Provides Solicitor of Labor opinion regarding the physical inclusion of labor standards in subcontracts.
Informing BAT staff of permanent installation of internal communication system for Bulletins and Circulars
Provides Solicitor of Labor opinion regarding DBA coverage of materialmen.
Encloses Solicitor of Labor remarks regarding uniform enforcement of apprenticeship program requirements
Concerning the employment of Printers under a CBA and the applicability of 7(b)(2) of the FLSA
An exemption under Section 13(c)(1) of the child labor laws is applicable to the employment of minors in agriculture outside of school hours for the school district for which they live while employed.
There are two exemptions under the child labor laws of the FLSA in agricultural employent. One is the Section 13(c)(1) exemption which applies to minors working in agriculture outside of school hours and the other is the Section 13(c)(2) exemption which applies to a minor employed by a parent or a person standing in place of the parent on a farm owned or operated by the parent.
Whether all time spent away from the home terminal by interstate truck drivers must be counted in determining the total number of hours worked by these employees or whether only actual number of hours worked is considered.
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