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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 the prohibition on the payment of sales commissions in PTE 77-3 applies to the payment of 12b-1 Fees by a proprietary mutual fund to an unrelated broker.
A senior legal analyst would not meet the Section 13(a)(1) administrative exemption because they do not meet the discretion and independent judgment in matters of significance requirement. They also would not mee the Section 13(a)(1) professional exemption because an advanced specialized academic degree is not a standard prerequisite for entry into the field.
This letter examines whether a former City Council member who also worked as a paid firefighter may subsequently volunteer as a firefighter for the City under the FLSA.
Determining whether Active Release Techniques (ART) constitutes first-aid or medical treatment. - [1904.7(b)(5)(ii)]
Leahy, Michael
The learned professional exemption is not applicable to respiratory therapists because the occupation does not require knowledge of an advanced type that is customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction.
This letter examines whether holiday pay received by firefighters when they forego certain holidays must be included in the calculation of the regular rate for overtime pay purposes under the FLSA.
Approval of employee-furnished equipment for use in hazardous locations; definition of "electric utilization equipment." - [1910.303; 1910.303(b)(1); 1910.399]
Whether it is mandatory to use a wet saw when cutting brick or concrete block. - [1926.55; 1926.55(a); 1926.702; 1926.702(i)(2)]
Clarification of supervisor accessibility to individual field-lock keys in a group lock box under 1910.269. - [1910.269; 1910.269(d); 1910.269(d)(7)(iv); 1910.269(d)(8); 1910.269(d)(8)(i)]
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