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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Clarification of OSHA requirements for trainer qualifications under the HAZWOPER standard. - [1910.120; 1910.120(e); 1910.120(e)(5)]
Whether Field Inspectors employed by your client qualify for the executive or administrative exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1).
Distinction between "column" and "post" in the Safety Standards for Steel Erection, 29 CFR 1926 SubpartR. - [1926.751]
Determined the applicability of regulatory provisions surrounding volutneers to city firefighters.
CPL 02-01-043 [CPL 02-01-043] - National - Slide-locks - Enforcement Policy, Inspection Procedures and Performance Guidance Criteria - 09/14/2007 - PDF
This document answers the following questions: what is customized employment (CE); how does CE work; and how can employers use CE as a strategy to recruit and retain workers of all abilities?
Schulz, Theresa
Clarification of 1910.95 and 1904 regarding physicians and audiologists roles in determining work-relatedness of worker hearing loss. - [1904; 1904.5; 1904.5(b)(2); 1904.10(b)(5); 1904.10(b)(6); 1910.95; 1910.95(c); 1910.95(d); 1910.95(e); 1910.95(g)(1);
CPL 02-02-073 [CPL 02-02-073] - National - Inspection Procedures for 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.65, Paragraph (q): Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases - 08/27/2007 - PDF
Scaffolds - [1926 Subpart L]
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