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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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- 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".
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This Program Information Bulletin (PIB) informs mine operators and CMS&H enforcement personnel of the concerns and potential hazards associated with the use of continuous haulage systems. This bulletin provides guidance for the safe use of such systems.
This Program Information Bulletin (PIB) clarifies the application of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (30 C.F.R.), Section 18.35(a)(5) and Tables 8 and 9 in Appendix I of Part 18 for determining instantaneous settings of circuit breakers for sh
This program information bulletin (PIB) summarizes and clarifies the requirements in Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (30 C.F.R.) for testing high-voltage gloves used in the surface and underground coal mines.
This Program Information Bulletin (PIB) informs the mining industry of best practices for reducing the hazards associated with transporting equipment within a coal mine and the established safety precautions that should be used when moving such equipment.
Addresses the requirements for training workers involved in tree cutting on mine property. Tree cutting has associated hazards that need to be covered by training under 30 CFR Part 48 (Subpart B) or Part 46.
FAQ to assist employers and others regarding prevailing wage requests and determinations.
Clarification of mobile workers and sanitation facility requirements under HAZWOPER. - [1910.120; 1910.120(n)(3); 1926.65 ; 1926.65(n)(3); 1926.51(c)(4)]
Clarification on when an instructor must be immediately available during a training program. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(N)]
Provides guidance concerning the requirement that a miner cooperate with an operator's development of medical evidence in claims filed after 2001.
Clarification on whether a successor employer may establish a new baseline audiogram for employees of the former employer. - [1910.95; 1910.95(g)(9); 1910.95(m)(5); 1910.95(h); 1904.34; 1904.10(a)]
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