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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Pay arrangements discussed in section 778.114 for a cook in a food service establishment
Payment for nonexempt employees, subpeonaed to testify in cases of individuals who are former patients of the hospital.
Whether the Central States Region Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Trust (the Trust) and/or the Central States Region Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Trust Medical Plan (the Medical Plan), both created January 1, 1984, are “employee welfare benefit plans” as defined by section 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Medical Interpretation concerning exposure to H2S and respiratory protection with a perforated ear drum. - [1910.134(e)]
Section 3(m) deductions made for cost of fingerprinting
Aerial lifts. - [1926.556]
Non exempt maintenance employee's working while on call. Section 785.35 and 785.36.
Provides responses to a number of questions under MSPA which are largely addressed in the regulations - Provides context for what we consider compliant and noncompliant for specific records
Questions and answers relative to the noise standard. - [1910.95]
Whether the Mechanics' Lien Laws of the State of California and their related provisions are preempted by section 514 of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) insofar as the California laws permit employee benefit plans covered by ERISA title I to foreclose on real property works of improvement to recover contributions owed those plans by contributing employers for work performed on the real property.
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