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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Non-depository, state chartered trust company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank holding company and is subject to regular examination and supervision by the Federal Reserve System, is exempt from certain bonding requirements in section 412 of ERISA.
Fall protection requirements for elevated platforms of powered industrial trucks; body belts versus harnesses. - [1910.178]
Examines the effect on employees who are otherwise exempt under FLSA 13(a)(1) when they work part-time for reduced pay and also receive pay through a disability insurance pay program
Provides guidance for use in developing a comprehensive slope and shaft sinking plan.
Requirements in 1926 Subpart L "Scaffolds" regarding the use of plywood to make platform decking for scaffolds. - [1926.450(b); 1926.451; 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(a)(6); 1926.451(b); 1926.451(f)]
Whether a program established by SEIU Local 616 to provide a small monetary payment to beneficiaries of deceased members is a "remembrance fund" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-1(g), and, therefore, exempt from coverage under Title I of ERISA.
Clarification of the Powered Industrial Truck (1910.178) standard's use of the terms "in need of repair," "defective," and "unsafe." - [1910.178; 1910.178(p)(1); 1910.178(q)(1); 1910.178(p); 1910.178(q)]
Automated External Defibrillator training is not specifically required by the Permit-Required Confined Space standard; AEDs are not required first aid supplies. - [1910.146(k)(2)(iii); 1910.151(b)]
OSHA's guidelines are advisory, do not create new employer obligations, and are not basis for citations.
The meaning of standards can only be modified through the rulemaking process, not through a letter of interpretation. - [1926.1053(b)(7)]
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