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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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PSM Standard exemption for "normally unoccupied remote facilites" (water treatment plant). - [1910.119(a)(2)(iii); 1926.64(a)(2)(iii)]
Using Universal Precautions with Bloodborne Pathogens. - [1910.1030(d)(1); 1910.1030(d)(3)]
Numerous clarifications regarding underground construction;variances; joint ventures. - [1926.800; 1926.1431(k)(11)(i); 1926.16]
Whether a plan fiduciary's selection of a "socially-responsible fund" as a plan investment or a designated investment alternative for a section 404(c) plan would violate the general fiduciary duties and responsibilities of ERISA sections 403(c) and 404(a)(1).
CPL 02-00-051 [CPL 2-0.51J] - National - Enforcement Exemptions and Limitations under the Appropriations Act. - 05/28/1998 - PDF
Seatbelts for forklifts; fall protection for scissor lifts. - [1910.178]
Posting of the notices and the OSHA Poster for mobile work crews. - [1903.2 ]
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard applicability to radiopharmaceutical use. - [1910.1030(a); 1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(A)(4); 1910.1030(g)(1)(i)]
Asbestos standard: Joint compound is not a surfacing material. - [1910.1001(b); 1926.1101(b)]
Training and competency for oxygen-fuel gas welding equipment use. - [1910.253(a)(4); 1910.252(a)(2)(xiii)(C)]
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