Filtering is a useful way to help you refine searches, particularly when a search term returns a large data set. Users can select up to one item per each filter category.

Agencies and Courts

This filter group allows users to filter documents based on the publishing agency. The options within this filter group are ARB, BRB, Courts, and OALJ.

ARB (Administrative Review Board) Selecting this filter will narrow your search to the official ARB case documents.
BRB (Benefits Review Board) Selecting this filter will narrow your search to the official BRB case documents.
Courts Selecting this filter will narrow your search to appellate court documents.
OALJ (Office of Administrative Law Judges) These documents are primarily comprised of DMS files available on the OALJ public site, including ALJ decisions, orders, and more.
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Program Area

This filters documents by the general program area under which they fall. The options are:

  • Black Lung
  • Board of Contract Appeals
  • DBA, SCA, and Related
  • ERISA
  • Immigration
  • Immigration PERM
  • Longshore
  • OFCCP
  • Other DOL
  • Other ETA
  • Other WHD
  • Rules of Practice
  • Whistleblower
  • WIOA, WIA, JTPA, CETA
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Document Category

This filters documents by either Decisions or References.

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Case Type

For ALJ case documents, this filters documents by the 3-letter case. The following list provides acronym definitions.

  • ACA - Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • ACM - Alien Crew Member
  • AIR - Aviation Investment and Reform Act (AIR21)
  • ARN - Immigration and Nursing Relief Act (INRA) - Nonimmigrant Nurses (H-1A and H-1C visas)
  • BCA - Board of Contract Appeals
  • BCP - Black Lung Benefits Act (Civil Penalty)
  • BLA - Black Lung Benefits Act (Claims for Benefits)
  • BLB - Black Lung Benefits Act (SSA Subpart B transfer)
  • BLO - Black Lung Benefits Act (Overpayment)
  • BLP - Black lung Benefits Act (Penalty)
  • BMI - Black Lung Benefits Act ( Medical Interest)
  • BMO - Black Lung Benefits Act (Medical Benefits Only)
  • BTD - Black Lung Benefits Act (Medical Treatment Dispute)
  • CAA - Clean Air Act (CAA)
  • CBV - "Collective Bargaining Variance (CBV)" under the Service Contract Act
  • CCP - "Compensation Conformity Proceedings (CCP)" - Decertification proceedings under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act or the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937
  • CER - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
  • CET - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)
  • CFP - Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) of 2010 (Dodd-Frank, § 1057)
  • CLA - Child Labor Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • CPA - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program Audit
  • CPS - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)
  • CRA - Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (CRA)
  • CTA - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)
  • DBA - Davis Bacon Act (DBA)
  • DCA - Debt Collection Act (DCA)
  • DCW - District of Columbia Workers' Compensation (DCWCPA)
  • EPP - Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
  • ERA - Energy Reorganization Act (ERA)
  • ESA - Employment Standards Act
  • FDA - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
  • FLS - Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • FRS - Federal Rail Safety Act (FRSA)
  • FUT - FCD Unemployment Tax
  • HAV - Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (hand arm vibration)
  • INA - Pre-PERM permanent alien labor certification
  • JSA - Job Service Complaint System
  • JSW - Job Service Complaint System Prevailing Wage LCA Appeal
  • JTP - Job Training Partnership Act
  • LCA - Labor Condition Applications (H-1B visas)
  • LDA - Defense Base Act and Related Acts
  • LHC - Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (claims)
  • LHK - Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (penalties)
  • MAP - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
  • MBO - Medical Benefits Only
  • MIS - Miscellaneous Case Type
  • MSA - Petition for modification of mine safety standard under the Federal Mine Safety & Health Act
  • MSP - Migrant and Seasonal Occupational Worker Act
  • NHA - United States Housing Act
  • NQW - Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers
  • NTS - National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) of 2007
  • OAA - Older Americans Act
  • OFC - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
  • OSH - OSHA Rulemaking
  • PCA - Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act
  • PED - Alien labor certification debarment/revocation (H-2A, H-2B, PERM)
  • PER - PERM permanent alien labor certification
  • PSI - Pipeline Safety Improvement Act Whistleblower
  • PWD - Prevailing Wage Determination (H-1B, H-2B, PERM)
  • RIS - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • SAW - Special Agriculture Worker
  • SCA - Service Contract Act
  • SCC - Service Contract Act (Worker Hours)
  • SDW - Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
  • SOC - "Standards of Conduct" in federal labor unions under the LMRDA
  • SOX - Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
  • SPA - Seaman's Protection Act (SPA)
  • STA - Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA)
  • SWD - Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA)
  • TAE - "Temporary alien employment" (H-2A visas - Wage & Hour enforcement)
  • TLC - "Temporary labor certification" (H-2A cases - ETA certfications)
  • TLN - "Temporary labor certification" (H-2B cases - ETA certfications)
  • TNE - "Temporary labor certification" (H-2B cases - Wage & Hour enforcement)
  • TRA - Trade Act
  • TSC - Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  • TSE - Temporary Student Employment
  • UIA - Federal State Extended Unemployment Tax Act (FSEUTA)
  • VET - Veteran Reemployment Training
  • WIA - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
  • WIN - Work Incentive Program
  • WPA - Wagner-Peyser Act (Job Service Complaint System)
  • WPC - Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA)
  • WTW - "Welfare to Work" cases under the Social Security Act
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ALJ Document Type

For ALJ case documents, this filters documents based on the ALJ Document Type. For example, you can use this filter to refine your search results to show only Case Decisions or Orders.

The full list of options is included below.

  • Attorney Fee Decision
  • Case Decision
  • Hearing Cancelled
  • Hearing Continued
  • Hearing Rescheduled
  • Letter
  • Motion Recon/Modification Disp.
  • Notice of Hearing
  • Order
  • Prehearing Conference
  • Settlement Judge Assignment
  • Settlement Judge Conclusion
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Document Format

This filters documents by the file type/extension (e.g., PDF or HTML)

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ALJ Document Date Range

Entering a date range will filter ALJ case documents based on their issue date. This field cannot be used for any other content.

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