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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 a U.S. branch of a foreign bank qualifies as a "bank or trust company" for purposes of exemptions provided under ERISA section 408(b)(8) and PTE 91-38.
Use of feasible engineering/work practice controls for exposure to Cr(VI) for welding in confined spaces; housekeeping and disposal of large/bulky waste materials. - [1910.146; 1910.1026; 1910.1026(a)(4); 1910.1026(b); 1910.1026(c); 1910.1026(f)(1); 1910.
Requirements for tapping or tying-in to asbestos containing cement water pipes for construction. - [1926.1101; 1926.1101(b); 1926.1101(f); 1926.1101(g); 1926.1101(g)(9); 1926.1101(h)(3)(iii); 1926.1101(i)(1); 1926.1101(k)(9); 1926.1101(o)(4)]
A change in the application of the FLSA section 13(b)(1) "Motor Carrier" overtime exemption. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), PL 109-59, changed the power of the Department of Transportation to set hours standards for employees of motor carriers and motor private carriers from transportation involving the operation of "motor vehicles "to transportation involving "commercial motor vehicles."
Application of OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard to contractors who clean up blood following accidents. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(b); 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(B); 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(C); 1910.1030(g)(1); 1910.1030(g)(1)(i); 1910.1030(g)(1)(i)(E); 1910.1030(
Clarification of the term "contemporaneous" as used in recordkeeping FAQ 7-10a. - [1904.7(b)(3)(ii); 1904.7(b)(3)(iii)]
Automatically deducting meal periods from all employees' hours worked.
The use of compensatory time off as payment for non-overtime hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Employer liability and payment requirements for prescription protective eyewear. - [1910.132; 1910.133; 1910.133(a)(3)]
Clarification of OSHA's asbestos standards for general industry and construction and the respiratory protection standard as applied to medical surveillance of employees. - [1910.134; 1910.1001; 1910.1001(g); 1910.1001(g)(1); 1910.1001(l); 1926.1101; 1926.
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