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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Frequently asked questions on the COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard.
Outlines the mini respiratory protection program (29 CFR 1910.504) that is one part of the OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare ETS that applies when workers are not exposed to suspected or confirmed sources of COVID-19 but where respirator use could offer enhanced worker protection.
This summary, in Spanish, highlights some of the new requirements of the COVID-19 ETS; employers should consult the standard for full details.
Employers may use this flow chart to determine whether and how your workplace is covered by the ETS.
This webpage provides information and resources for employers and workers about the rule, including enforcement, and implementing the rule.
Information Letter to Cassie Springer Ayeni.
Information Letter concerning whether the provisions of the claims procedure regulation at 29 CFR 2560.503-1 require the plan to provide to a claimant, a copy of an audio recording of a telephone conversation relating to an adverse benefit determination.
This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) will assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") to implement the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) by providing operating instructions that apply to the program benefits applicable to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on or after July 1, 2021, and by identifying prior guidance that remains applicable to CSAs. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) refers to this version of the TAA Program, described in these operating instructions set out in Attachment A, as "Reversion 2021."
This set of FAQs addresses limitations on cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act.
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) requests that states provide the Department of Labor (Department), using Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to state compliance for receipt of emergency administrative grants. Additionally, this UIPL clarifies the benefit offset requirements for collection of overpayments.
This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides preparation and submission instructions and conveys grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2021.
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