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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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This presents an example safety and health program for a hypothetical small business. It illustartes simple approaches that a small business can use to begin implementing the core elements of a safety and health program.
Overhead Power Lines: Working Safely Near Overhead Power Lines ◦Spanish (PDF). OSHA Publication 3980, (2019, August).
Overhead Power Lines: Working Safely Near Overhead Power Lines ◦English (PDF). OSHA Publication 3979, (2019, August).
Heat: Working in Outdoor and Indoor Heat Environments (updated 2019, August).
A supplement to Safety and Health Management Best Practices, this document will target small and medium businesses. It will explain what metrics are, why leading metrics are important, and how to set up a metrics program.
Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in collaboration with the National Collaborative on Workforce Disability for Youth, has identified Guideposts for Success for youth with disabilities to enter the workforce.
Every job seeker with a disability is faced with the same decision: "Should I or shouldn't I disclose my disability?" When you leave school and enter the workforce, many aspects of your life change. Among the many differences, is the requirement to share
A Guide for Indirect Rate Determination for Non-Profit Organizations and Commercial Organizations
A Guide to Indirect Cost Rate Determination
FAQs on topics related to Indirect Costs
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