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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Examines whether the a cash out payment of accrued vacation time to firefighters is to be considered in the computation of the regular rate for overtime compensation purposes.
Acceptability of locking switches in the closed (on) position for transformers attached to the main bus duct system. - [1910.304(d)(1); 1910.399]
Requirement to use U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets for workers performing construction work over or near water does not specify type or classification. - [1926.106; 1926.106(a)]
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Fact Sheet
Fixed Wiring in Research Facilities and High Voltage Cable Tray Systems at Department of Energy (DOE) Research Laboratories - [1910.305(a); 1910.305(a)(2); 1910.305(a)(2)(iii)(B); 1910.305(a)(3); 1910.305(b); 1910.305(g)(1); 1910.305(g)(1)(i); 1910.305(g)
Written approval requirements for powered industrial truck modifications and additions that affect capacity or safe operation. - [1910.178; 1910.178(a)(4)]
Examines whether work garments that the employer requires employees to wear while on duty are uniforms and whether the employer may require the employee to bear the cost of such garments if the cost would effectively reduce wages below the minimum wage.
Removal of regulators and use of valve protection caps when hoisting compressed gas cylinders. - [1926.350; 1926.350(a); 1926.350(a)(6)]
Fit testing is not required for employees not exposed to a hazardous atmosphere and not required to wear a respirator. - [1910.134; 1910.134(f)]
OSHA does not have standards limiting maximum weight employees can lift/carry. - [OSH Act of 1970 - Section 5(a)(1)]
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