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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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This letter provides guidance on the licensing board of a public agency as a covered "employer".
Training qualifications for the competent person inspecting scaffolds. - [1926.451(f)(3); 1926.450(b); 1926.454]
Concerning the application of Title I of ERISA to a special purpose trust established on behalf of Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MCN Energy Group, Inc. Specifically, whether assets contributed to the Trust would constitute assets of an employee welfare benefit plan for purposes of Title I of ERISA.
Shutdown and restoration of power to equipment for a phase-to-ground condition. - [1910.305(j)(4)(iii); 1910.137; 1910.333]
Whether the Employees' Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee "governmental plan" status would be adversely affected if the Plan implements a city charter ordinance that provides for continued accrual of benefits by certain former governmental employees whose employment has been transferred to a private enterprise as part of an arrangement regarding operation of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Asbestos: notification requirements and exposure monitoring. - [1910.1001(j)(1); 1910.1001(j)(8)(iii); 1910.1001(j)(2)(i)]
Substituting portable toilets for water closets may be a de minimis violation. - [1910.141(a)(1); 1910.141(c)(1)(i); 1910.141(d)]
OSHA's position on the risk associated with asbestos exposure at the current PEL. - [1910.1000(c); 1926.1101(c)]
Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms standard. - [1910.67]
Respirators for silica dust must be selected based on exposure levels. - [1910.134(a)(1); 1910.134(a)(2)]
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