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.
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Letter responds to the question as to the application of EPPA to the polygraph examination a job applicant took for employement with a county sheriff's office.
State mandated college credits required for law enforcement officers is of general applicability. The FLSA does not require compensation by the employer for time spent in such training.
Public works employee wants to volunteer time as fire dispatcher
The FLSA does not prevent an employer from paying compensation in excess of its overtime standards under 7k. In some instances such excess payments may be treated as both excludable from the "regular rate" and creditable toward any FLSA overtime due.
This letter provides guidance on SCA Contractors obligations to continue paying medical insurance premiums during FMLA leave periods.
The exemption for seamen in section 13(b)(6) may apply to cooks and stewards performing their normal duties aboard a vessel provided the employees do not spend more than 20 percent of their time in a workweek performing work of a nature other than that which characterizes the services of a seaman.
Attendance outside of regular work hours at specialized training which is required for certification of employees of a government jurisdiction ty law of a higher level of government does not constitute compensable hours of work under 553.226(b)(2).
Discusses MSPA housing requirements for workers "camping on the land" - important guidance that is also contained in FOH 57
Examines the criteria contained in 785.27 to determine whether all four conditions are met. Since the purpose of the program is career development in another skill rather than to enhance the officer's performance in his present job, the interview by the officer during off-duty hours is noncompensable under the FLSA.
The compensability of on-call time for firefighters may well turn on the frequency of emergency calls. If calls to duty are so frequent that employees cannot use their off-duty time effectively for their own benefit, the entire on-call period would be compensable.
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