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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
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DOL provided a reporting format for the outline of agency construction plans set forth at 29 CFR 1.4
Police officers jointly employed by a school board to teach courses on afull time basis in public service occupations and law awareness in a school may satisfy the 13(a)(1) exemption.
DOL announced that as a result of amendments to the CWHSSA, daily OT requirements have been eliminated
Examination of a proposed payment plan for local delivery drivers or helpers section 13(b)(11) and recordkeeping requirements.
Deputy Administrator of Wage and Hour Division announces Government Printing Office will publish annual compenduium of DBA wage rates
Where an employee who is on-call is free to come and go as he or she pleases, and is also free to engage in personal activities duing periods of idleness, such time is not hours worked. However, if calls are so freqent or the on-call conditions so restrictive that the employee cannot effectively use on-call time for his or her own purposes, the on-call wating time would be counted as hours worked.
Affirms FLSA regulation that a tip presented by a customer in recognition of an employee's service becomes the property of that employee, so the tips may not be regarded as sales. Also clarifies the tip credit regulations regarding customarily and regularly tipped employees and the permissible cash wage under 3m.
Boarding, lodging, and other goods included when computing the employees' regular rates when calculating the overtime.
Proportionate share of tips.
Exemptions for living writers, reporters and personnel managers.
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