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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Student required to return portion of income to employer. Wage requirements will not be met if the employee "kicks-back" directly or indirectly to the employer or to another person for the employer's benefit
Letter concerning proposed safety sign revisions. - [1910.145]
Guarding of rotating barrels, containers, and drums. - [1910.212(a)(4)]
Clarification of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) for tractors used in agricultural operations. - [1928.51]
Section 778.106 when the correct amount overtime compensation cannot be determined until some time after the regular pay period, the requirements will be satisfied if the employer pays the excess overtime compensation as soon after the regular pay period as is practicable.
The lead standard does not address pay for showering. - [1910.1025(i)(3)(i)]
Section 785.43 time spent by an employee in waiting for and receiving medical attention on the premises or at the direction of the employer during the employee's normal working hours on days when the employee is working constitutes hours worked.
Del-Monox air purifiers are unacceptable for testing carbon monoxide concentration for compressor breathing air. - [1910.134(i)(7)]
Caterpillar track tractors. - [1910.267]
Clarification of the applicability of your steel backed cup abrasive wheels as they relate to the guarding requirements of the OSHA regulations. - [1910.215]
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