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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Washington, DC 20210
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The Unemployment Insurance Program Letter transmits the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1- June 30, 2021, (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021).
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter advises states of the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA or Act) (Pub. L. 117-2), specifically Title IX, Subtitle A, Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers, on March 11, 2021, and provides an overview and instructions for implementing ARPA's UI-related provisions.
Statement on enforcement of final rules on ESG Investments and Proxy Voting by Employee Benefit Plans.
This set of FAQs addresses the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
The Provider Relief Fund, described in Q14 in FAQs set 44, no longer accepts claims for testing, treatment, or COVID-19 vaccination.
This notice provides guidance on the duration of the COVID-19-related relief provided by EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01 and the Joint Notice of Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID–19 Outbreak.
This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides states with updated guidance for the PUA program, specifically regarding expanded eligibility provisions authorized under Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(kk) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Incidental releases of hazardous substances that can be safely controlled by maintenance personnel are not considered to be emergency response scenarios.
Revised June 10, 2021, this guidance is intended to help employers and workers not covered by OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to identify COVID-19 exposure risks to workers who are unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk.
This handbook sets forth the procedures to be followed in writing and issuing citations and orders for health, safety, training, and documentation violations at coal and metal and nonmetal mines.
Defines under 29 CFR 541 the terms "executive", "administrative", "professional", "computer", and "outside sales" employees for purposes of the section 13(a)(1) exemption from minimum wage and overtime. Section 13(a)(17) exempts computer systems analysts, and other similarly skilled workers in the computer field who meet certain tests regarding their job duties and are paid at a rate not less than $27.63 an hour.
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