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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Evaluation of a single-person, manually propelled, mobile work platform. - [1926.452(w); 1926.450; 1926.451; 1926.454]
Scaffolds placed in service after January 1,2000 must meet new rail height requirements. - [1926.451(g)(4)(ii)]
Whether certain employee benefit plans are "governmental plans" within the meaning of section 3(32) of Title I of ERISA. Specifically, the plans covered by your request are: the Annuity Plan of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York; the Health and Welfare Fund of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York; and the Retiree Health and Welfare Fund of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York.
The applicability of Title I of ERISA to the OCSEA Benefits Trust. The Trust provides welfare benefits to approximately 47,000 active employees, former employees, and to dependents of active or former employees.
Whether certain employee benefit arrangements described in your letter are "church plans" within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
Fall protection non-conforming guardrail criteria for application of a de minimis policy. - [1926.500; 1926.501(b)(2)(ii); 1926.501(b)(4)(i); 1926.501(b)(4)(ii); 1926.501(b)(4)(iii); 1926.501(b)(10); 1926.502(b); 1926.501(b)(2); 1926.502(f)(2)]
Provides guidance to the mining community for the reporting of accidents involving roof falls as required by 30 C.F.R. § 50.10.
Pre-operation forklift examinations are not required to be written. - [1910.178(q)(7)]
Use of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is not acceptable to determine employee lead exposures. - [1926.62(d)]
Trainee signatures are not required to verify training; U.S. Postal Service is covered by the OSHAct. - [1910.132]
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