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that agencies enable the public to request that significant guidance documents be created, reconsidered, modified or rescinded. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Evaluation of a box van of a truck carrying hazardous materials meeting the definition of a confined space in a hazardous material release/response situation. - [1910.146; 1910.120(q)]
Network protectors must have the manual override position blocked, locked, or otherwise disabled; must need use of a tool to manually place in closed position. - [1910.269(m)(3)(ii)]
Inspection requirements for powered industrial trucks not used for significant time periods. - [1910.178; 1910.178(q)(7)]
Emergency medical services on construction sites. - [1926.21; 1926.21(b)(2); 1926.50; 1926.50(a); 1926.50(b); 1926.50(c); 1926.50(d); 1926.50(f); 1926.103]
Whether under STD 03-00-001 an employee, in absence of interior walls is permitted to climb the lower chords of the roof trusses to brace them. - [1926.501(b)(13); 1926.502(k)]
Regarding the Schedule A (Form 5500) requirements for reporting fees and commissions paid to brokers, agents and other persons directly or indirectly attributable to policies or contracts placed or retained with or by an ERISA-covered employee benefit plan.
Providing employees with toilet facilities on a construction jobsite. - [1926.51(c)(1); 1926.51(c)(4)]
Information Letter to William Lindsay.
Whether a plan fiduciary engages in a breach by accepting, and then returning, contributions to his political campaign from current and prospective service providers to the plan, and recusing himself from decisions relating to those service providers.
Evaluation of scenarios regarding PSM requirements related to normally unoccupied remote facilities and natural gas processing plants (gas plant). - [1910.119; 1910.119(b)]
Request to expand the application of the "de minimis" policy regarding Section 1926.453(b)(2)(iii) and the use of the "Wishbone" fall protection device beyond the parameters described in OSHA's February 2, 2004 letter to Mr. Michael Kurtgis. - [1926.453(b
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