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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Guidance on obtaining/using credentials for submitting/signing Form 5500 electronic filings in EFAST2.
This handbook sets forth guidelines and instruction for Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) personnel who evaluate and process mine ventilation plans. The handbook provides general, primarily procedural guidance that must be applied with the recognition that circumstances associated with specific mines and ventilation schemes vary widely. Individualized approaches consistent with the mandate of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006 will be appropriate in various situations.
Addressing whether insect farming qualifies as "agriculture" under Section 3(f) of the FLSA, and whether certain workers employed on an insect farming operation may be exempt from overtime under Section 13(b)(12).
Addressing whether an employee's regular rate of pay may be calculated on a piece-rate basis by including nonproductive hours worked during the workweek in the absence of a specific agreement with the employee to use such calculation.
This handbook provides mine inspectors information to evaluate the safety of a mine's roadways and dumping locations.
This alert provides tips on work practices to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning while working with portable generators in Spanish.
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions that the Department of Labor has received from employers and employees during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic regarding their responsibilities and protections under the WARN Act.
To inform stakeholders of resources available to support IRAPs and SREs as part of the Department of Labor’s (DOL or the Department) implementation of the Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations Final Rule, which went into effect on May 11, 2020.
This alert provides tips on how heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals can help employers optimize building ventilation to reduce the risk of workers being exposed to the coronavirus.
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