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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Whether employees are entitled to have counted as hours worked the time spent in going through the badge alley, standing security inspection and traveling by foot and by bus between the badge alley and their respective work sites at the beginning and end of the workday
In this case where cigar cuttings are shipped to Holland more than 2 years after their production, the two year statute of limitations under Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act would not be applicatble. A three year statute of limiations under FLSA Section 15(a)(1) applies to the time of the production of the cuttings, but under Section 15(a)(2) it does not begin to run until the cuttings are shipped or delivered for shipment more than 2 years later.
Frequently Asked Questions for Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)
Frequently Asked Questions Pertaining to the Issuance of Wage Determinations Under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) of 1965, as Amended
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter provides State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2021 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2021 BAM data.
Updates to the FAQ section of of the website pertaining to the Defense Base Act
Updates to the FAQ section of of the website pertaining document submissoin
Updates to the FAQ section of of the website pertaining to insurance and employer responsibilities
Updates to the FAQ section of of the website pertaining to the Longshore ACT and its extension Acts
Updates to the FAQ section of of the website pertaining to Vocational Rehabilitation
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