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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Fall protection requirements for tankers/trailers and OSHA jurisdiction over facilities regulated by DOE.
Incorporation of NFPA 70E-2000 into OSHA standards. - [1910 Subpart S]
The application of section 13(a)(3) of the FLSA to employees of a client who provides vacation excursions of three to ten days on small American-flagged vessels.
OSHA standards do not apply to state university employees.
Use of LOTO device on equipment placed in "out of service" status not related to servicing or maintenance. - [1910.147; 1910.147(a)(1)(i); 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)]
Federal OSHA has no jurisdiction over State, municipal, or volunteer fire departments.
Whether a city and a board are separate public agencies under the FLSA for purposes of determining whether the hours police officers work must be aggregated for overtime purposes when police officers work for both entities.
This letter provides guidance on dental insurance plan as a group health plan; and continuation of benefits for instructional employees during summer vacation.
Requirements for embroidery on flame-resistant clothing under 29 CFR 1910.269. - [1910.269; 1910.269(l)(6)(iii)]
Whether a fiduciary of a defined benefit plan may, consistent with the requirements of section 404 of ERISA, consider the liability obligations of the plan and the risks associated with such liability obligations in determining a prudent investment strategy for the plan.
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