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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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.
Search Tips
- If you are searching using an acronym, try a second search with the acronym spelled out. For example, if you are searching for guidance related to the Davis-Bacon Act, try searching "Davis-Bacon Act" as well as "DBA".
- For more specific results, use quotation marks around phrases.
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Compliance with OSHA's Asbestos Standard - Composite Bulk Samples. - [1926.1101]
Whether the St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Inc. Medical and Dental Plan for Employees and Amended Employees Retirement Plan are "church plans," as defined in ERISA section 3(33), and therefore excluded from coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(2).
The dental industry's concerns regarding compliance with certain provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). - [1910.1200]
OSHA Asbestos standard. - [1926.1101]
Material Safety Data Sheets. - [1910.1200; 1910.1200(g)(1); 1910.1200(g)(8)]
Information required on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). - [1910.1200]
Fall protection for the entertainment industry under the OSH Act of 1970. - [1910 Subpart D; 1910.132; 1910.12]
Determines under which circumstances an emergency medical services employee volunteering for the volunteer fire service of the same public employer would be considered to be providing "similar type of services" that he or she is employed to perform by the employer.
No impact on an employer's ability to claim a tip credit when the employer requires employees to report their tips for tax withholding purposes as the employer does not exercise dominion over those tips.
Cross-view back-up mirrors on delivery trucks. - [1910]
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