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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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This letter examines whether firefighters employed by a City must count time that those firefighters volunteer for the County Fire Protection District as hours worked.
Regarding the application of ERISA to trustees' amendment of a plan to permit a retroactive contribution to the plan fund on behalf of an owner of a corporation that contributes to the fund as an employer. Whether such owner who performed work for his own corporation that would otherwise be covered by a collective bargaining agreement if he were not a "supervisor" under federal labor law is an "employee," within the meaning of section 3(6) of ERISA, for purposes of participation under the plan.
This letter examines whether payments to employees under a bonus plan may be excluded from the calculation of the regular rate of pay for overtime purposes under Section 7(e)(3)(a) of the FLSA.
Whether 29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(18) and 1926.1053(a)(19) apply to an attachable ladder used on scaffolding. - [1926.451; 1926.451(e)(2); 1926.1053; 1926.1053(a)(18); 1926.1053(a)(19)]
Safety factor when "worst-case" force is applied to safety rail support product intended for ladder jack scaffold systems; §1926.451(a)(1) - [1926.451; 1926.451(a)(1)]
Conditions rendering underground electrical power connections as unsafe to touch with bare hands. - [1910.269; 1910.269(l)(2); 1910.269(l)(3)]
Whether the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act requires impalement protection from protruding anchor bolts. - [OSH Act of 1970 - Section 5(a)(1)]
Use of lower-limit device that stops lower hook travel with at least two wraps remaining on the drum. - [1910.179; 1910.179(h)(2)(iii)(a)]
Restrictions from restricted work activities. - [1904.7; 1904.7(b)(3); 1904.7(b)(4)(i)]
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