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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Whether the Labor Management Cooperation Committee Trust, which was established in accordance with the Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 by the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local Union 598, AFL-CIO (Local 598) and the employers’ signatory to the Local 598 Collective Bargaining Agreement, as revised December 1991, is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of Title I of ERISA.
CPL 02-02-045 (REVISED) [CPL 2-2.45A (REVISED),CPL 2-2.45A, CPL 2-2.45A CH-1] - National - Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals -- Compliance Guidelines and Enforcement Procedures. - 09/13/1994 - PDF
Whether contributions to a purported grantor trust (the Trust) which is designed to offset liability for post-retirement benefits in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 106 (FAS 106) would constitute plan assets under Title I of ERISA.
Rescue Equipment Requirements. - [1910.146]
Examined the six criteria to determe whether an employmer-employee relathip exists for trainees who may become applicants.
The applicability of HAZWOPER emergency response training requirements to workers who change leaking chlorine cylinders in a water treatment facility. - [1910.120]
The acceptability of your "FAX-on-demand" system for providing copies of material safety data sheets (MSDS). - [1910.1200]
Review and comment on generic labels and consumer information sheets for chromated copper arsenate (CCA) pressure-treated lumber. - [1910.1200]
CPL 02-00-035 [CPL 2.35 CH-25] - National - Changes to the Regulatory and General Industry Standard Alleged Violation Elements (SAVEs) Manual. - 08/29/1994
Interpretation of 29 CFR 1910.142(d)(2) and 1910.142(d)(8) Privies Lighting, Ventilation and Window Space Standards. - [1910.142]
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