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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Whether certain aspects of a proposed plan for utilizing “volunteer” firefighters on a regular basis in a municipal fire department in a rural town would comply with the FLSA. Aspects discussed include scheduling of 24-hour shifts, the compensability of sleep time, and payment of different rates for different work.
Use of liquid bandages on wounds is considered first aid. - [1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(D)]
Applicable OSHA standards and safety considerations for microwave device use in a laboratory. - [1910.1450; 1910.1450(e)(3)(vii); 1910.97; 1910.303(b)(2); 1910.399; 1910.106; 1910.1000]
Sall, Carl
Standards that apply to cotton gins. - [1928.21; 1928.57; 1910.1043(a)(2)]
Whether an employee who performs administratively exempt work for his employer’s customers would be exempt, notwithstanding the fact that the employee could be viewed as producing the administrative services his employer is in business to provide.
This letter provides guidance on the employer's failure to notify the employee of his or her FMLA eligibility status.
Clarification of 1926.451(a)(6) requirements for scaffolds and bridge-painting projects. - [1926.451(a)(6); 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(a)(3); 1926.451(d)(12)(iv); 1926.451(f)(16); 1926.451(g)(1)(i); 1926.451(g)(1)(ii); 1926.451(g)(1)(iii); 1926.451(g)(1)(iv
Record retention requirements for indoor air quality documents and reports. - [1910.1020; 1910.1020(c)(5); 1910.1020(c)(5)(i); 1910.1020(c)(5)(iii); 1910.1020(c)(6)(ii)(C); 1910.1020(c)(13); 1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)]
Applicability of the Bloodborne Pathogens standard to the tattoo and body piercing industries. - [1910.1030(a); 1910.1030(c)(2); 1910.1030(d)(2)(vii); 1910.1030]
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