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.
The Department and its agencies issue guidance to provide clarifying information and technical assistance to the public on existing statutory and regulatory rights and obligations, inform the regulated community about best practices, and provide other useful information. The contents of these documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, except as authorized by law or incorporated into a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant.
Members of the public may petition the Department to modify or withdraw specific guidance documents. To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
Petitions to Modify or Withdraw a DOL guidance document may also be submitted by mail at the address below. Petitions should identify the specific guidance document by name and include your reason(s) for requesting withdrawal or modification.
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of the Executive Secretariat
200 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20210
Search Tips
- 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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- For more general results, remove quotation marks to search for each word individually. For example, minimum wage will return all documents that have either the word minimum or the word wage in the description, while “minimum wage” will limit results to those containing that phrase.
The applicability of section 7(p)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to officers of the City’s Police Department who perform security duties during their off duty hours.
Determined the applicability of regulatory provisions surrounding volutneers to city firefighters.
Whether Field Inspectors employed by your client qualify for the executive or administrative exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1).
Whether a court reporter qualifies for the executive, administrative, or professional exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
A change in the application of the FLSA section 13(b)(1) "Motor Carrier" overtime exemption. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), PL 109-59, changed the power of the Department of Transportation to set hours standards for employees of motor carriers and motor private carriers from transportation involving the operation of "motor vehicles "to transportation involving "commercial motor vehicles."
Automatically deducting meal periods from all employees' hours worked.
The use of compensatory time off as payment for non-overtime hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Guidance on enforcement provisions of all applicable laws (FLSA, SCA, DBRA, MSPA, and OSHAct FS/TLC) to H-2B workers.
Whether School Resource Officers (SROs) employed at an independent school district within two counties of a state qualify for the administrative exemption under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 13(a)(1).
Whether an employer may deduct from the pay or accrued leave time of an employee who is exempt under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) § 13(a)(1)1 for leave taken under your state’s Leave Act without affecting the employee’s exempt status.
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