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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
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Nail Salons
Plastics Industry
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Residential Construction Industry
Respiratory Protection
Styrene
Synthetic Mineral Fibers
Young Workers – Restaurant Safety
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Cadmium
Asphalt (Bitumen) Fumes
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
Formaldehyde
Healthcare
Laser/Electrosurgery Plume
1,3-Butadiene
Foodborne Disease
Hexavalent Chromium
29 CFR 1926.950(c); Subpart V; CPL 02-00-124; Multi-Employer Citation Policy
Clarification on rigging for hoisting multiple bundles of construction materials
Nursing Homes and Personal Care Facilities
29 CFR 1926.950(c); Subpart V; CPL 02-00-124; Multi-Employer Citation Policy - [1926.950]
Clarification on rigging for hoisting multiple bundles of construction materials - [1926.251; 1926.753(e); 1926.1425(c)]
Construction Industry (revised 2019, May).
Cytomegalovirus (2019, May).
Semiconductors
Notice contains instructions and forms necessary for the preparation and submittal of the FY 2020 applications for 21(d) Consultation cooperative agreements.
Pyrotechnics Industry
Notice contains instructions and forms necessary for the preparation and submittal of the FY 2019 applications for 23(g) State Plan Grants.
Program designed to address safety and health hazards in the construction industry in the State Plan States (Renewal)
OLMS Spanish-langauage overview.
Program designed to address safety and health hazards in the maritime industry (Renewal)
Overview of process for filing a FOIA request with OLMS.
Wasser, Neil
Clarification on how to count calendar days resulting in days away from work - [1904.7(b)(3)]
Unable to determine if youth care residential facility workers qualify for 7(j) exemption
College outreach instuctors are teachers under 13(a)(10)
Farmers light processing activity may be secondary AG and subject to 13(b)(12) exemption
Penalties
election guidance for Observers
Monitoring options under OSHA's Respirable Crystalline Silica standard - [1910.1053; 1910.1053(d)(2); 1910.1053(d)(3)(iv); 1910.1053(d)(4); 1910.1053(d)(6)(ii); 1910.1053(g)(1)(iii)]
OSHA's Noise Standard as it applies to Supra Aural Phones for audiometric testing - [1910.95(h)]
FAQs on Form LM-10 employer reporting.
Computer Workstations
Construction Management Industry
Crane, Derrick, and Hoist Safety
Confined Spaces
Cotton Dust
Compliance with the H-1B Notice Requirement by Electronic Posting
This letter provides guidance on the employer's obligation to designate FMLA-qualifying leave; and prohibition on expanding FMLA leave.
Residential janitors exempt from state MW and OT is not a good faith defense from noncompliance with federal law
Workers in optional community program are volunteers
Pertgen, John
Asbestos
Foreign-Flag Vessels. - [1904.7(b)(3)]
Webpage discussing worker protection against occupational cytomegalovirus (CMV) exposure and infection.
Silica in Construction, Integrated Water Delivery System, Exposure Assessment, Medical Surveillance, Respiratory Protection - [1926.1153(c)(1); 1926.1153(d)(2)(vi); 1926.1153(h)(1)(i)]
Agricultural Operations (revised 2019, March).
Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response (2019, March).
Safe + Sound Campaign (revised 2019, March).
Summarizes the Newborns' Act provisions.
Summarizes WHCRA
Summarizes the HIPAA portability provisions.
General overview of agency.
The document is deisgned to teach unions and members how to prevent violations of LMRDA section 602.
Outlines facts regarding the rights of union members regarding violence and protections under the LMRDA
outlines a complainants guide for federal sector unions
outlines reports needed under the law
outlines recordkeeping requirements under the law
Complainant guide for officer elections
election guidance for officials
This document represents OSHA’s summary of the scope of coverage and protected activity and procedures for handling investigations under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
This document represents OSHA’s summary of the scope of coverage and protected activity and the procedures for investigating and adjudicating retaliation complaints under AIR21.
Information Letter to Jonathan Sistare.
Application of the authorized representative provisions of 29 CFR 2560.503-1, regarding the designation of an authorized representative for the initial claim for benefits, an appeal of an adverse benefit determination, or both.
To assist petitioners by providing TAA program information and to provide information about the petition process and to provide guidance in filing an appeal of a TAA determination.
Answers provided to frequently asked questions on the issuance of wage determinations under the SCA.
Book length guide to FMLA requirements providing employers with information and assistance in administering leave under the FMLA.
Gives an overview of the different types of Acts that WHD enforces.
Provides additional enforcement guidance regarding section 511 limitations on the payment of subminimum wages under Section 14(c) of the FLSA and clarifies the application of the requirements under SCA contracts and EO 13658.
Chromium
Provides instruction for district personnel regarding the procedures for permitting the use of belt air to ventilate the working sections of underground coal mines.
Program designed to reduce workplace exposures to safety hazards associated with the Auto Parts Supplier Industry (Renewal)
Radiation
The purpose of this instruction is to establish policies and procedures for OSHA’s regional Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program to resolve whistleblower retaliation complaints.
Summarizes the GINA provisions applicable to employment-based group health plans.
Information on HIPAA special enrollment under CHIPRA.
Checklist to track action items an employer has completed and to identify what they have left to do.
Questionairre to determine how closely and employer's existing policies, programs, and practices conform to good safety and health program design.
Sample Silica Training Presentation for General Industry and Maritime (2019, February).
Provides general information regarding the 2009 updates to the FMLA in a Frequently Asked Questions format.
Chemical Hazards and Toxic Substances
Overview of OLMS election investigations.
RDS Anchorage Testing Certification - [1910.27]
Testing Intervals for Rubber Insulating Gloves - [1910.137(c)(2)(viii) ]
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