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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.
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Using sunscreen to shield worker exposure to sun's radiation. - [1910.132; 1910.132(a)]
OSHA doesn't regulate latex gloves for food preparation. - [1910.138; 1910.1030]
The HCS does not apply to food items in a retail establishment. - [1910.1200; 1926.59 ]
Interpretation of 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i): Toilet Facilities - [1910.141(c)(1)(i)]
Prevention of back injuries and use of back belts. - [1903.11(c)]
Brake design requirements for baking equipment. - [1910.263]
Scaffolds may serve as fall arrest anchorages. - [1926.502(d)(15); 1926.451(a)]
Tying or guying of supported scaffolds. - [1926.451(c)(1)(i)]
Fire retardant PPE requirements and PPE hazard assessment. - [1910.132; 1910.1029(h)(1); 1910.272 App A]
Special emphasis program for silicosis. - [1910.1000; 1926.55]
Protective equipment for formaldehyde exposure. - [1910.1048; 1926.1148]
OSHA's policy concerning repeat violations and requirements for PRCS sign posting. - [1910.146(c)(2)]
Guidelines for ROPS on pneumatic compactors and "skid steer" equipment. - [1926.602(a)(1)]
ROPs/seatbelts for roller compactors; lockout/tagout in construction. - [1926.602(a)(1); 1926.1000(a)(2)]
OSHA rulemaking on formaldehyde exposure limits. - [1910.1048; 1926.1148]
OSH Act applicability to tribal land workplaces and employers. - [1975.4(b)(3)]
Welder electrical safety training. - [1910.252; 1910.254; 1910.255]
CPL 02-00-121 [CPL 2-0.121] - National - Providing Assistance to Smaller Employers - 03/12/1998 - PDF
City employee works as a jailer and volunteers as a police officer. Employee is a paid for work as police officer; consquently, they are an employee and FLSA section 3(e)(4) exemption does not apply.
Waist/chest strap as part of full body harness. - [1926.502(b); 1926.502(d)(16)]
Whether the UT Medical Group, Inc. Key Employee Incentive Plan should be considered a “bonus program” rather than a "pension plan" under ERISA section 3(2)(A).
Whether a Roth IRA as defined in Internal Revenue Code section 408A will be considered an IRA for purposes of PTE 97-11.
Recalculating pressure vessel design; codes "no longer in use." - [1910.119(d)(3)(iii); 1926.64(d)(3)(iii)]
Logging equipment brake system requirements. - [1910.266]
This letter provides guidance on attending "care conferences" as part of caring for an immediate family member.
Rated load markings for overhead bridge and gantry cranes. - [1910.179(b)(5)]
Maintenance of radiation exposure records NRC licensee contractors. - [1910.1096; 1926.53]
Whether exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA is lost where an employer makes a bona fide reduction in salary due to economic conditions and the employee meets all other requirements for exemption.
Whether medical assistants, whose job only requires one year of training at a junior college, meet the primary duty test for purposes of the professional exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Whether academic counselors meet the requirements for the academic administrative exemption and whether enrollment advisors meet the outside sales exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Whether a policy on vacation and sick leave accrual procedures interferes with the exempt status of salaried employees under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Procedure to follow when Hepatitis B vaccine schedule is interrupted. - [1910.1030]
Information Letter to Diana Orantes Ceresi.
Whether it is appropriate for a trustee of an ERISA-covered health and welfare fund to consider quality in the selection of health care services.
Gloves for handling telecommunications cable suspension strand. - [1910.268]
Partial Stay of Methylene Chloride Standard. - [1910.1052]
This letter provides guidance on the employer's paid administrative leave policy and the FMLA.
DBA and CWHSSA: Administrator of Wage & Hour Division provides guidelines for agency preparation of semi-annual enforcement reports. This AAM supersedes AAMs 60, 65, 79, and 80.
Applicability of PSM standard to explosive and pyrotechnic manufacturing. - [1910.119; 1910.109(k)(2); 1910.109(k)(3)]
Disabled (hearing impaired) forklift operators. - [1910.178(l)(1)(i)]
Point of operation guarding for power presses. - [1910.217(c)]
Steps for updating and revalidating a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). - [1910.119(e)(6); 1910.119(e)(3); 1926.64(e)(6); 1926.64(e)(3)]
Approval for use of needle disposal systems; incineration not prohibited. - [1910.1030]
Whether a proposed grant from the National Distribution Pipeline Industry Communications and Productivity Fund (Pipeline Fund) to a training fund for Union members would, render the Pipeline Fund an employee welfare benefit plan under ERISA section 3(1).
Arc welding from suspended scaffolds: feasibility of grounding. - [1926.451(f)(17)(iv)]
Permit-Required Confined Spaces. - [1910.146]
Manufacturer and employer responsibilities when providing MSDSs electronically. - [1910.1200; 1926.59 ]
Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard. - [1910.146]
Electrical Conductor Identification. - [1910 Subpart S; 1910.269; 1910.303; 1910.304; 1910.399]
Electrical hazardous area classification drawings in the workplace. - [1910.119; 1910.307]
The storage of flammable liquids in plastic containers. - [1910.106]
This letter provides guidance on the FMLA and temporary disability plans or workers' compensation laws.
This letter provides guidance on the FMLA and employer-provide benefit programs or more generous leave benefit plans.
Fall protection and access for scaffold erecting and dismantling. - [1926.451(g)(2); 1926.451(e)(9)]
Information Letter to Theodore Konshak.
Guidance regarding the payment of expenses by an employee pension benefit plan in connection with actuarial services required under section 103(a)(4)(A) of ERISA.
Scaffolds: removal of bracing; maximum loads; damaged planking; and foundations. - [1926.451(c)(2)(iii); 1926.450(b); 1926.451(a)(1); 1926.451(f)(4); 1926.451(c)(2)]
Carcinogen status of titanium dioxide relative to OSHA Standards. - [1910.1200]
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). - [1910.1200]
Alternatives to latex or vinyl may be used for protective gloves to comply with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Electronic monitoring system for complying with the confined space standard. - [1910.146]
Whether the Beaufort County Hospital Association, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan is a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(32), and therefore excepted from ERISA Title I by section 4(b)(1).
Application of HAZWOPER. - [1910.120]
Clarification of the requirements of the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard. - [1910.120]
Routine asbestos inspections, bulk sampling activities, and training with regards to specific provisions in the Occupational Exposure to Asbestos Standard. - [1926.1101]
CPL 02-02-066 [CPL 2-2.66] - National - 1,3-Butadiene - 10/30/1997 - PDF
Access to employee exposure and medical records. - [1910.120; 1910.1020]
The requirements of paragraph (m) in the OSHA HAZWOPER Standard. - [1910.120]
Application of glove monitoring devices to aid in the detection of gloves that fail during medical procedures. - [1910.1030]
Whether a redemption or conversion of the same class of publicly-traded preferred stock that is held by a defined benefit plan by holders other than the plan would trigger the application of the ownership limits in ERISA section 407(f)(1).
Conditions where OSHA might accept a product that is not approved by NIOSH. - [1910.134]
Interpretation of the machine guarding requirements. - [1910.211; 1910.215]
A centralized repository for the electronic collection and dissemination of MSDSs. - [1910.1200]
Inspection certification record requirements in overhead and gantry cranes. - [1910.179]
Use of latex surgical exam gloves for protection from glutaraldehyde. - [1910.138]
Provides guidance for MSHA's regulations that establish approval, exhaust gas monitoring, and safety requirements for the use of diesel-powered equipment in underground coal mines.
Whether an arrangement between Dorinco Reinsurance Company, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company, and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to jointly insure certain employee benefit plans covering employees of Dow and its affiliates is exempt from ERISA's prohibited transaction provisions by section 408(b)(5).
Regarding the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA section 406 and Internal Revenue Code section 4975 to certain proposed transactions by the Financial Institutions Retirement Fund, a multiple employer defined benefit pension plan seeking to establish and operate a for-profit plan-owned entity called Pentegra.
Safe Medical Systems' SNR sharps collection system. - [1910.1030]
The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and the Enforcement Procedures for TB. - [1910.1030]
Responsibility of each person involved in Class I glovebag removal operations. - [1926.1101]
Whether employee benefit plans established and maintained by Albright Care Services are "church plans" within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33) and therefore exempt from coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(2).
Whether background investigators meet th requirements for the administrative exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Whether ERISA section 4(b)(3), which excludes from ERISA plans that are maintained solely to comply with state-mandated disability benefits, would apply to a disability benefits program offered by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey to its members for their employees.
Clarification of the Electrical Standard as it applies to flexible power cords on appliances. - [1910.303(a); 1910.305(a)(2)(i); 1910.305(g); 1910.305(g)(1)(iii)(A); 1910.334(a)(2); 1910 Subpart S]
Whether the Miami Beach Fraternal Order of Police Insurance Trust Fund, a health and life insurance arrangement for actively employed or retired police officers of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, is a "governmental plan," as defined in ERISA section 3(32) and, thus, excluded from ERISA coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(1).
Construction Asbestos Standard. - [1910.1001; 1915; 1926.1101]
Annual training required by the occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogen standard. - [1910.1030]
Application of the FLSA to employees of a semi-private club.
Whether Aetna Services, Inc., which provides services to its own pension plan, may receive fees from certain mutual funds which the company has selected as investment options for participants in the plan as "reimbursement" for "direct expenses" incurred within the meaning of Department regulation section 2550.408c-2(b)(3) and thus would not violate ERISA section 406(b)(3).
The effect of workers' compensation claims on temporary medical removal protection benefits. - [1910.1025]
Asbestos surveying and sampling associated with the remodeling, renovation, and demolition of buildings. - [1926.1101]
Credit toward the minimum wage for education expenses, personal use of vehicle, and paid vacation.
Electronic recordkeeping of employee safety training records. - [1910; 1915; 1917; 1918; 1926; 1928; 1960]
Access steps or ladders for getting on and off a flatbed trailer. - [1926.1050; 1926.1051; 1926.1060]
OSHA's requirements for enclosed hardware used in 'third rail' ladder safety devices for towers. - [1910.27; 1910.268; 1926.105; 1926.1053]
A letter of determination of the new scaffold mandate. - [1926.454]
Construction Asbestos Standard. - [1926.1101]
Affirms that each workweek stands alone and does not permit the averaging of hours over consecutive workweeks.
To transmit instructions to comply with an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) PRA request for data collection for Fiscal Year (FY)1995 and Fiscal Year (FY) 96 and subsequent years for School toWork (STW) and SchooltoApprenticeship (STA) data.
Request for guidance concerning the application of section 9345(a)(3) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 to the proposed implementation of a provision in the Butler Manufacturing Company's stock bonus plan permitting participants to diversify their accounts in investments other than the Company's common stock. The stock bonus plan and a defined benefit plan together make up a floor-offset arrangement established before December 17, 1987.
Powered platforms permanently dedicated for building maintenance standard. - [1910.66]
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