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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Program designed to address safety and health hazards in the ship/boat building and repair industries (Renewal)
Program designed to address high noise hazards in multiple manufacturing industries (Renewal)
Program designed to reduce injuries and fatalities related to powered industrial trucks (Renewal)
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
REP to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
Identify and reduce or eliminate workplace electrical hazards which are likely to cause electrocutions, electrical shock, and/or fire in General Industry
Conduct programmed safety and health inspections of maritime employers in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska
Conduct programmed health inspections of general industry establishments in industries that commonly have noise and respiratory hazards
Conduct programmed inspections at grain handling facilities in the state of Kansas to reduce injuries, illnesses, and deaths
Conduct safety and health inspections of Federal agency sites in the State of Iowa
Programmed safety and health inspections of general industry establishments in high hazard industries
Conduct safety and health inspections of Kansas construction worksites following a severe weather event
Conduct safety inspections of general industry establishments in the meat processing industry
Conduct inspections of facilities containing Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate (FGAN) or Agricultural Anhydrous Ammonia Facilities
Conduct inspections in the Oil and Gas industry within the jurisdiction of the Wichita Area Office (Kansas)
Conduct inspections of grain handling facilities within the Omaha Area Office (Nebraska) jurisdiction
Conduct safety and health inspections of Nebraska construction worksites following a severe weather event
Conduct inspections of complaints and referrals received regarding powered industrial trucks and other material or personnel handling motorized equipment in construction, general industry, and maritime
Inspection targeting system to reduce injuries and deaths resulting from falls, scaffolds, and electrocutions from overhead power lines in the construction industry
REP for conducting inspections in the grain industry to reduce incidence of serious injuries and fatalities
Conduct inspections of asbestos abatement projects to reduce exposure to asbestos
Conduct inspections to reduce incident of serious health and physical injury or death from hazards associated with assembly, breaking up, spearating, sorting, processing, handling and wholesale distribution of scrap and recyclable materials.
Conduct inspections of residential and commercial construction project to reduce exposure to fall hazards
Conduct inspections of road construction projects to reduce the injury and fatality rate
Conduct inspections of upstream oil and gas operations to reduce the injury and fatality rate
Conduct inspections to reduce serious injuries and death due to exposure to physical and chemical hazards in the automotive services industry
Conduct inspections to reduce incidence of serious injury and death from hazards associated with the operation of wood working machinery and exposure to wood dusts
Conduct inspections to reduce exposure to toxic metals, solvents and occupational noise during aircraft maintenance including repair and refurbishment
Conduct inspections to reduce exposure to hazards in beverage manufacturing industry including confined spaces, falls, noise, chemicals, and musculoskeletal injuries
OSHA Inspection Process (2019, October). ◦English
OSHA Inspection Process (2019, October). ◦Spanish
Regarding the applicability of construction standards to certain commercial sign installation activities - [1926.32; 1926.1427]
Program designed to reduce workplace fatalities in landscaping and horticultural services industry (Renewal)
Program designed for safety inspections in Construction to address Fall Hazards (Renewal)
Regional notice renewing a Regional Emphasis Program
Renewal Inspection Targeting
Renewal Inspection Targeting
Renewal Inspection Targeting
Renewal Inspection Targeting
Renewal Inspection Targeting
The Directive sets forth policies, procedures, and interpretations that supplement and clarify the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program regulation, 29 CFR 1910.7 and Appendix A to that section.
Regarding the applicability of construction standards to certain commercial sign installation activities
Safety and Health Topics page providing a starting point for technical and regulatory information regarding the recognition, evaluation, and control of occupational health hazards associated with ionizing radiation.
Enforcement Weighting System
Answers to FAQs regarding the Overtime/541 final rule published on September 24, 2019 and effective on January 1, 2020, which updates the earning thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative, or professional employees from the FLSA's MW and OT pay requirements.
The Small Entity Compliance Guide provides a general overview of exemptions under 29 CFR 541 and section 13(a)(1) and 13(a)(17) of the FLSA.
Heights of Handrail and Stair Rail Systems - [1910.29(f)(1)(i); 1910.29(f)(1)(ii)(B); 1910.29(f)(1)(iii)(A)]
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Executive Order 13658 Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (the Executive Order or the Order)
Retention of Spirometry Records - [1910.1020(c)(6)(i)(B); 1910.1020(b)(3); 1910.1020(d); 1910.1053; 1910.1053(i)(6); 1926.1153; 1926.1153(h)(6); 1910.134(e)(6)(i)]
Five page document explaining the future statistics of apprenticeships.
Five page document about what employers need to know when hiring an apprentice with a disability.
Five page document explaining how to develop apprenticeship programs and how to make them inclusive.
Five-pager explaining the benefits of apprenticeships and how to get YA with Disabilities into apprenticeship programs.
Five-pager explaining how youth, particularly those with disabilities, also benefit from including work based learning opportunities in their career planning and preparation.
Four page document explaining the basics of Apprenticeships in the United States.
The purpose of the tool kit is to provide information on a series of topical areas around registered apprenticeship and how it can be used to provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The intended audiences for this tool kit are servi
Biological Agents
CPL 02-00-163 [CPL 02-00-160] - National - Field Operations Manual (FOM) - 09/13/2019 - PDF
This letter provides guidance on whether an employer may delay designating paid leave as FMLA leave due to a collective bargaining agreement.
Whether employers' contributions to employees' health savings accounts are earnings under the CCPA.
Determining the representative period under 7(i)
This final set of FAQs addresses the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the 21st Century Cures Act.
Final MHPAEA disclosure template.
Records Management overview
Records Management overview
Compliance tip sheet on union lost time payments
Compliance tip sheet on union credit cards
Compliance tip sheet on reporting officers and payments
Compliance tip sheet on reporting officer and employee payments
Compliance tip sheet on reimbursed travel expense
Compliance tip sheet on recordkeeping for and reporting of receipts
Compliance tip sheet on labor union mergers and affiliations.
Compliance tip sheet on internal financial controls
Compliance tip sheet on LM-3 reporting errors
Compliance tip sheet on LM-2 reporting errors
Compliance tip sheet on LM-1
Compliance tip sheet on electronic recordkeeping
Compliance tip sheet on authorization of salary and paid leave
Tip sheet on Authorizing and documenting expenditures for unions filing with OLMS
Provides a simplified explanation of ERISA and the regulations for private sector group health plans.
Basic information to help participants understand their benefit options.
Provides general explanation of COBRA rights and responsibilities, outlines COBRA rules that plans must follow, and highlights rights to benefits when receiving COBRA coverage.
Helps workers understand their retirement plan, the information they should review periodically, and where to go with questions.
Information on how changes in employment status can affect health coverage.
Simplified explanation of some common 401(k) plan fees.
Joint publication with the IRS providing an overview of automatic enrollment features for a 401(K) plan and adding it to an existing 401(k) plan.
A Guide on Job Corps Compensation Limits based on Public Law salary limitations
This set of FAQs addresses limitations on cost-sharing under the ACA.
OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
Web page with links to other DOL agencies on compliance assistance
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