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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
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Whether an employer's medical monitoring form meets the requirements under HAZWOPER. - [1910.120; 1910.120(f)(7)]
Applicability of OSHA's Cranes and Derricks standard to hoists attached to mast climbing platforms
Describes an incident where a college student was killed when the scissor lift he was in tipped over in high winds, and provides recommendations to prevent future occurrences. This Hazard Alert was archived and replaced by a Hazard Alert (Scissor Lifts:
Whether apprenticeship programs qualify as third party qualified evaluators for purposes of evaluating signal person qualifications. - [1926.1428; 1926.1428(a); 1926.1428(a)(3); 1926.1428(b); 1926.1430(b)]
Rail Yard Tractors May Not Be Subject to the Powered Industrial Truck Standard - [1910.178]
Inform mine operators and users of compressed gas systems of the potential for excessive leakage from compressed gas systems.
CPL 02-00-152 - National - Guidelines for Administering Corporate-Wide Settlement Agreements - 06/22/2011 - PDF
Generous applications of rock dust can prevent the propagation of coal dust explosions. The law requires that all areas of a coal mine that can be safely traveled must be kept adequately rock dusted to within 40 feet of all working faces. These are minimu
Whether PTE 86-128 provides relief for covered transactions engaged in by any person who is a fiduciary solely by reason of rendering investment advice to the plan.
Provides guidance on the examination, testing and maintenance requirements of circuit breakers under 30 C.F.R. §§ 75.900-3 and 77.900-1 regarding potentially dangerous conditions involving circuit breakers, including those that have been repaired or rebuilt. It also emphasizes that the mine operator must keep a record of such examinations.
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