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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-23, Change 1 advises states that funding is expected to be available to cover transaction costs for a period of at least the two years after the date the state deploys the National Identity Verification Offering (NIDVO) or two years after the date this UIPL is issued, whichever is later. In addition, this UIPL advises states that they must enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) by June 28, 2024 to participate in NIDVO with transaction costs covered by the Department.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 12-21, Change 2, provides updated guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding foreign labor certification activities, and announce the allotments for FY 2024 foreign labor certification grants.
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Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-24, Change 1, corrects the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state formula allocations in Attachment I for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-23, Change 1, corrects the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state formula allocations in Attachment I for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 10-24 transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2024 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024).
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 09-24 transmits instructions for implementing revisions to the ETA 9128 Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Workload report.
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-24 provides guidelines for the FY 2024 UI RESEA grants and invites State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.
Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 10-23 provides grant recipients direction in developing policies, procedures, and practices that reduce unnecessary administrative barriers to serving customers seeking employment and training services.
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