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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
Search Tips
- If you are searching using an acronym, try a second search with the acronym spelled out. For example, if you are searching for guidance related to the Davis-Bacon Act, try searching "Davis-Bacon Act" as well as "DBA".
- For more specific results, use quotation marks around phrases.
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This poster provides simple steps on how to properly put on and take off a respirator.
This page includes frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
PURPOSE: To inform the staff of OA and the State Apprenticeship Agencies (SAA), Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors, Registered Apprenticeship partners, and other interested parties of OA’s decision to rescind, in accordance with the mandate contained in Executive Order 13891, previously-issued guidance documents in the form of circulars that OA has determined are no longer valid, are outdated, or do not serve an appropriate or useful purpose.
Information Letter to Jon W. Breyfogle, Esq.
Information Letter under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) concerning private equity investments as a component of a professionally managed asset allocation fund offered as a investment option for participants in defined contribution plans. Supplemental statement issued December 21, 2021.
To rescind and replace FAQ regarding automatic extensions granted as a result of COVID-19 Round 1 guidance and inform public that extensions will only be approved on ad hoc basis
Tips to help reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus among stockroom or loading dock workers in Spanish.
Tips to help reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus among stockroom or loading dock workers.
This alert provides steps employers can take to implement social distancing in the workplace.
This document provides an overview of whistleblower protections under the Taxpayer First Act in Spanish.
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