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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Regarding the application of ERISA to the provision of overdraft protection services, including any inherent extension of credit incident to such services, by banks, whether or not the bank exercises investment discretion over plan assets.
Use of occupational exposure levels (OELs) for substances not covered by an OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). - [1910.1000]
Whether requirements listed by ERISA § 4(c) for "deemed IRAs" apply to those added to the Plan, assuming it is a governmental plan excluded from Title I by ERISA § 4(b)(1), and whether adding "deemed IRAs" adversely affects Plan exclusion.
Sheer connector requirements in the steel erection standard to bridge repair/rehabilitation. - [1926.750; 1926.750(a); 1926.750(b)(1); 1926.750(b)(2); 1926.754; 1926.754(c)(1)]
Compliance of Non-Stop base tower and extension frames with scaffold access requirements. - [1926.451; 1926.451(e)(6)(ii); 1926.451(e)(6)(vi); 1926.451(e)(7)]
Evaluation of sutureless catheter securement devices to prevent needlestick hazards. - [1910.1030(c); 1910.1030]
Acceptability of using extensible boom forklifts to lift steel joist for spreading by hand. - [1926.757; 1926.602; 1926.602(c); 1926.602(c)(1); 1926.600]
Registered professional engineer approval requirements for manufactured trench protection systems deeper than 20 feet. - [1926.652; 1926.652(c); 1926.652(c)(1); 1926.652(c)(2); 1926.652(c)(3); 1926.652(c)(4); 1926.652(b); 1926.650]
Acceptable uses of flexible temporary cords/cables on construction sites. - [1926.405; 1926.405(g); 1926.405(g)(1)(iii); 1926.405(g)(1)(iii)(B); 1926.405(g)(1)(i); 1926.405(g)(1)(i)(A); 1926.405(g)(1)(i)(B); 1926.405(g)(1)(i)(C); 1926.405(g)(1)(i)(D); 192
Necessary precautions required to prevent entry into a swinging superstructure's radius. - [1926.550; 1926.550(a); 1926.550(a)(9); 1926.21; 1926.21(b); 1926.21(b)(2)]
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