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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
Search Tips
- If you are searching using an acronym, try a second search with the acronym spelled out. For example, if you are searching for guidance related to the Davis-Bacon Act, try searching "Davis-Bacon Act" as well as "DBA".
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Clarification of 29 CFR 1926.350(b)(4) to Permit Cylinders Containing Oxygen, Acetylene or Other Fuel Gas to be Taken into Tunnels. - [1926.350; 1926.800; 1926.21]
Time spent at the beginning of an employee's shift receiving instructions from the employee being relieved on the prior shift constiutes hours worked since it is a principal activity which is an integral part of the employee's workday.
Multi-Plant Employers. - [1903.2 ]
Whether a specimen non-qualified employee stock purchase plan is either an "employee pension benefit plan" or "pension plan" as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA or an "employee welfare benefit plan" or a "welfare plan" as defined in section 3(1) of that Act.
Response to request for permanent variance from 1926.601(b)(8). - [1926.601(b)(8)]
Guidance in questions and answers relating to fiduciary responsibilities.
Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks. - [1910.178]
Whether a union's monthly bond purchases for its office secretary constitute a pension plan under ERISA, where the bonds become the employee’s property immediately and may be used at any time.
Requirement to guard shaft couplings. - [1910.219(i)(2)]
Outside collections adjustors do not qualify for the Part 541.2 administrative exemption as their duties depend on skill and experience, rather than the exercise of discretion and independent judgment.
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