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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Product endorsement policy and telephone headsets. - [1910.95; 1910.7]
Portam Process asbestos abatement equipment use for asbestos removal. - [1926.1101; 1926.1101(e); 1926.1101(g)(5)(i)]
Trailer mounted vacuum system and bagging station used in asbestos abatement. - [1926.1101(e)]
Laboratory Standard does not cover routine tests supporting production but non-routine, non-production-related tests are covered - [1910.1450]
Medical surveillance requirements of the formaldehyde standard - [1910.1048(l)]
Whether the Employee Benefit Trust (the Trust) a/k/a Georgia Health Care Association Trust is an employee welfare benefit plan covered under title I of ERISA, whether the Trust is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title, and whether the State of Georgia is preempted under section 514 of that title from regulating the Trust.
Whether the Independent Contractors Association Welfare Benefit Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of ERISA, and whether the Trust is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Whether the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Employee Welfare Benefits Plan (the VADA Program) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of section 3(40) of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and whether the VADA Program is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Whether Consumer Association for Security and Health Medical Benefit Trust (the Trust) is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of section 3(40) of title of ERISA, and whether the Trust is subject to state regulation at least to the extent provided in section 514(b)(6)(A), regardless of whether it is an employee benefit plan covered by title I of ERISA, because it is a MEWA within the meaning of section 3(40) of that title.
Limitation on Enforcement of Certain Subsections of the Excavation Standard. - [1975.1; 1926.651(g)(1)(iii); 1926.651(g)(2)(i)]
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