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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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CPL 02-00-111 [CPL 2.111] - National - Citation Policy for Paperwork and Written Program Requirement Violations - 11/27/1995 - PDF
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200; 1910.1200(b); 1910.1200(b)(6)(vii); 1910.1200(b)(6)(ix); 1910.1200(d); 1910.1200(f); 1910.1200(g)]
Challenge Testing as a Substitute for Annual Refresher Training. - [1910.119; 1910.269]
Interpretation of the OSHA construction standards for electrical branch circuits. - [1926.405]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard, the requirements for MSDS. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Midwest Express Career Pilot Severance Plan constitutes an “employee welfare benefit plan” under ERISA section 3(1), rather than an “employee pension benefit plan” under ERISA section 3(2).
This letter provides guidance on the definition of "chronic" serious health conditions; certification for paid leave as FMLA leave; light duty; options for the employer to contact with employee's physician; and the employer notification requirements.
Whether the status of the Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan, a pension benefit arrangement established under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 353D, as a “governmental plan” under ERISA section 3(32) would be adversely affected if it were extended to cover employees of private ambulance services operating within Minnesota.
Applicability of 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard to the Manufacture of Explosives Required Under 29 CFR 1910.109(k)(2) - [1910.109]
Tying off of loft workers, top men and pile monks during sheet piling activities. - [1926.501; 1926.603]
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