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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
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Washington, DC 20210
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Whether certain "registered representatives" in the financial services industry qualify for the administrative exemption under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA and 29 C.F.R. Part 541.1.
Qualifications required under 1910.269 for entry into manholes/vaults to perform work on energized conductors. - [1910.146; 1910.269; 1910.269(a)(2); 1910.269(a)(2)(ii); 1910.269(e)(2); 1910.269(l)(1); 1910.269(l)(2); 1910.269(t)]
OSHA requirements for warning signs and protection from electric-arc-flash hazards and compliance with NFPA 70E-2004. - [1910.5; 1910.5(c)(1); 1910.5(f); 1910.132; 1910.145; 1910.303; 1910.303(e); 1910.333; 1910.333(a)(1); 1910.333(b)(2); 1910.335; 1910.3
Use of "objective data" to accurately characterize employee exposures to hexavalent chromium during welding operations. - [1910.1026(d)(3); 1926.1126(d)(3)]
Notification of alternative control methods for Class I asbestos work no longer required; notification requirement eliminated. - [1926.1101]
Whether deductions for bad checks or other cash shortages from bonus payments made to salaried exempt employees are permissible and whether the deductions would affect their exempt status under section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA.
Principe, William
Updating the OSHA 300 Log to show changes in classification of previously recorded injuries/illnesses. - [1904.33; 1904.33(b)(1)]
Guidance addressing recurring questions about FAB 2004-01 and the evolving practices regarding offering HSAs.
Whether certain employee classifications (Executive assistants and administrative assistants) fall within the administrative, executive, or professional exemptions contained in section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA and 29 C.F.R. Part 541.1.
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