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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Discusses the employee-employer relationship and whether time spent undergoing physical examination in different scenarios is compensatory.
Only alloy steel chain is recommended by chain manufacturers for overhead hoisting. - [1910.184]
Fixed Ladder Used For Emergency Egress Only. - [1910.27]
Regulations applicable to cantilever type personnel hoists. - [1926.552]
Medical surveillance requirements of the coke oven emissions standard. - [1910.1029]
Discusses the regular rate and whether certain payments (e.g. vacation, illness, cost of living adjustments, etc) are to be included in determining the regular rate.
Cages installed on fixed ladders. - [1910.27]
Compensable hours of work of truck drivers employed by mail haul contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Service Contract Act. A major point of discussion involves the position of the Wage and Hour Division with respect to the treatment as hours worked of time spent in sleeper-berths by truck drivers.
Discusses whether section 3(a) of the FLSA applies to "summer staff" members that perform work that otherwise would be performed by employees, and whether the reasonable cost or fair value of such facilities as board, lodging, or other facilities may be included as part of wages paid.
Discusses an employer's obligation under the FLSA to reimburse employees for the cost of, and time spent in, obtaining health certificates required as a condition of employment in food handling and preparation occupations by State, local, or municipal laws, ordinances or regulations
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