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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Prior to 02/01/1967, section 13(a)(3) provided an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA for "any employee employed by any establishment engaged in laundering, cleaning, or repairing clothing or fabrics, more than 50 per centum of which establishment's annual dollar volume of sales of such services is made within the state in which the establishment is located: Provided, that 75 per centum of such establishment's annual dollar volume of sales of such services is made to customers who are not engaged in a mining, manufacturing, transportation, or communications business."
Supplements 29 CFR 785 and WHD's position on hours worked.
Contains the statutory provisions, regulations, and interpretative materials under sections 3(l), 12, 13(c), and 13(d) of the FLSA and 29 CFR 570 the basic source materials that govern the application of the child labor provisions of the FLSA.
Fall protection requirements for a walking/working surface above a catch platform with a guardrail system - [1926.500(b)(1)]
OSHA provided clarification for labeling refrigerant cylinders.
Labeling refrigerant cylinders - [1910.1200(c); 1910.1200(f)(1); 1910.1200(f)]
April 15, 2016 Double Tee Collapse at the Miami-Dade College West Campus Parking Garage, Doral, FL
The purpose of this overview is to increase awareness of select federal regulatory programs among state regulators, facilities, stakeholders, and other non-Working Group agencies.
based on an actual fatality, how best to prevent a future incident
update of preexisting fact sheet
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