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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Schulz, Theresa
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]
Whether a court reporter qualifies for the executive, administrative, or professional exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
CPL 02-02-072 [CPL 02-02-072] - National - Rules of agency practice and procedure concerning OSHA access to employee medical records - 08/22/2007 - PDF
Discussion of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act as administered by the DOL.
Whether the Custom Rail Employer Welfare Trust Fund is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA, and whether it is a "multiple employer welfare arrangement" (MEWA), within the meaning of section 3(40), that is "fully insured" within the meaning of section 514(b)(6)(A) of ERISA.
Whether an employee benefit arrangement sponsored by Payroll Solutions Group Limited constitutes a "multiple employer welfare arrangement" within the meaning of section 3(40) of ERISA subject to regulation under the insurance laws of the State of Nevada pursuant to section 514(b)(6) of ERISA.
Requirements for the construction of trash receptacles used in operating rooms for the containerization of regulated waste. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B)(1); 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B)(2); 1910.1030(g)(1)(i)]
Determining the presence of blood in mixture that comprises raw sewage. - [1910.132; 1910.1030; 1910.1030(b)]
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