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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Discusses whether each employer at a multi-employer worksite must post notices or if a single notice is sufficient.
Workplace exposure limits for ultra-violet radiation. - [1910.97; 1910.1096]
Application of absorbent pads for spill control;hazardous waste site cleanup training does not qualify worker as hazardous materials technician. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q)(6); 1910.120(e)]
Tunnel/Underground construction requirements: use of flexible bag lines for ventilation; location of main ventilation fan; and reversible ventilation. - [1926]
Retesting of reassembled lifting accessories if original manufacturing controls are ensured; retesting requirement if repair/replacement of parts due to breakage, damage, or evidence of diminished capacity. - [1926.251; 1926.251(a)(4)]
Reiteration of Existing OSHA Policy on Indoor Air Quality: Office Temperature/Humidity and Environmental Tobacco Smoke. - [1910.1000]
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act and the requirement to include safety-engineered sharps devices in pre-packaged surgical kits or trays. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(2)(i); 1910.1030(c)(1)(v)]
Whether administrative assistants qualify for exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Whether, and under what circumstances, American Heartland Health Administrators, Inc. (and a selected "reinsurance company") may be subject to the provisions of ERISA, and whether compliance with a cease and desist order would cause AHHA to violate its fiduciary duty to act in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plans.
Clarification of PSM applicability to processes that are based partly or solely on quantities in connected atmospheric storage tanks. - [1910.119; 1910.119(a)(1)(ii)(B); 1910.1450]
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