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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
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- 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".
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Whether an establishment selling souveniers to general public and providing tours supervised by National Park Service would meet the criteria for amusement and recreational exemptions.
Consideration of state exemption application.
Suspension of Davis-Bacon Act. Administrator of Wage & Hour Division provides additional guidance regarding implementation of President's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act.
This AAM provided clarification of certain aspects of AAM 91.
Denial of state exemption application.
Whether a reduction in the regular tuition charge to student workers at non-profit, or a grant credited to the student's account, would be considered a facility under section 3(m).
In view of contracting officers' responsibility to furnish posters to contrqctors receiving contracts subject to SCA or PCA, a new combined SCA & PCA poster (WH Publication 1313) replaces obsolete posters SC-1 & PC-13.
Whether CCPA Title III discharge prohibition applies when separate garnishment orders or a year apart.
CCPA Title III garnishment limits applied on a weekly or pay period basis.
Concerning an employee walking to a supervisor upon receiving his timecard, if such travel time would be considered hours worked within the meaning of section 4 of the Portal to Portal Act
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