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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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This letter examines whether a police officer must be paid for all time spent transporting prisoners under the FLSA where a collective bargaining agreement addresses the issue.
Discusses whether the 13(a)(15) exemption applies to employees working in supported living homes for developmentally disabled individuals that are operated by private community agencies.
No Restricted Work Available - [1904.7; 1904.7(b)(4)]
Allen, Brian
Whether construction workers while inside crane cabs or enclosed break areas on barges are required to wear life jackets. - [1926.106; 1926.106(a)]
Wearing sandals in a medical office when feet do not contact blood or OPIM. - [1910.1030; 1910.1030(d)(3); 1910.1030(d)(3)(i)]
Reminds the mining community of MSHA’s characterization of common air courses and the need to examine each separate intake and return air course in the mine on a weekly basis [30 CFR § 75.364(b) (1) & (2)].
Whether it is permissible to leave tools in the holes of the top plate of a self-supporting ladder; whether employers are permitted to develop their own color-coding system at a construction site. - [1926.200; 1926.200(b)(2); 1926.200(c)(2); 1926.200(d);
Operations that trigger the requirement for employers to provide washing facilities on construction jobsites under 29 CFR 1926.51(f)(1). - [1926.51; 1926.51(f)(1); 1926.59 ; 1910.1200]
Whether a concrete form panel with horizontal ribs meets the requirements in Part 1926 Subpart X for fixed ladders. - [1926.1050; 1926.1050(b); 1926.1053; 1926.1053(a)(13)]
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