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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
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Washington, DC 20210
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The work performed by the quality field representative does not require knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course.
If after hours' grievance meetings are compensable hours for health care institution. Voluntary participation in labor-management committees, such as the grievance meeting, held outside of regular working hours is not considered hours worked.
Application of Title III CCPA garnishment limits to court ordered program for adjudicated juvenile property offenders.
Can employer recover credit card tips which were advanced to employees, either by payroll deduction or directly from tipped employees, because a credit card charge was uncollectable. Tips should be paid on next regular pay day and may not be held by the employer while waiting to be reimbursed by the credit card company. Section 3(m)
Employees engaged in the retail sale of passenger buses to the ultimate purchasers will come within overtime pay exemption, since such buses come within the definition of "trucks" as used in section 13(b)(10)(A) of the FLSA.
Contract with client who is not eligible for Federal reimbursement, permitting a payroll deduction for the partial reimbursement by the client to that agency. Section 3(m).
Employee spends most of his workday operating the grinding mill, and storing the ground shell. When the truck of the contract carrier utilized by the chicken meal processor arrives at establishment, the employee operates automatic loading equipment to load the ground crab shell material. Section 13(b)(1)
The waiter chef brings food order to a table and cooks it on a hibachi grill in front of the customers, while entertaining customers. Waiters take food and drink orders. Tips are split 50/50 between the two.
Clinical instructor and the education coordinator, it is our opinion such employees can qualify for exemption under section 13(a)(I) as engaged in teaching and administrative duties within the meaning of the regulations.
Method I. Employees who utilize the child care service would have deductions made from their wages to cover the cost of service. Method II. Employees whose salaries would be reduced by the amount of the child care expense, would pay for the child care service and would then receive a reimbursement from the employer. Section 3(m).
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