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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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 the formation and operation of Pension Equity Growth Trust, a pooled trust of the type described in Revenue Ruling 81-100 to provide qualified employee benefit plans with a vehicle for pooling a portion of their assets for investments in real estate, real estate loans and, to some extent, in government securities, raises prohibited transactions under ERISA.
Applicability of the noise standard to pulpwood logging. - [1910.95]
Plan's payments are garnishable subject to the disposable earnings limitations of Sections 303(a) and 303(b) of Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection act.
Company meets the definition of a retail or service establishment stated in section 13(a)(2) in order to qualify for the section 7(i) exemption.
Definition of "exposure" under 1910.1020. - [1910.1020(c)(8)]
DOL published significant changes in their DBA implementing regulations.
Whether Analytic, a registered investment adviser and a fiduciary of the Fund, or any other person selected as investment manager for the Fund, would be considered an "investment manager," as defined in section 3(38) of ERISA, with respect to each employee benefit plan participating in the Fund. Whether a named fiduciary of a plan participating in the Fund would be considered to have delegated authority to the Fund's investment manager to manage, acquire, or dispose of plan assets in accordance with section 403(a)(2) of ERISA.
Whether the Forest Oil Corporation and Forest Oil of Canada, Ltd. Division Overriding Royalty Bonus Plan is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA section 3(3) and thus is covered by ERISA title I.
Requirements for back up alarms. - [1926.601(b)(4); 1926.602(a)(9)(ii)]
Whether the Massachusetts Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, the Rhode Island Laborers Health and Welfare Heavy Construction Trust Fund, the Rhode Island Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, and the Broward County Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Plans) are covered by ERISA.
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