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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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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Case Davis-Maxi Sneaker. - [1926.602]
Whether State of New Hampshire Senate Bill 117 "relative to extension of coverage under group health insurance policies," applicable to all group health policies and to all self-funded or self-insured employee health benefit plans is preempted by section 514 of title I of ERISA.
Meat grinder standards. - [1910.212]
Compensate registered nurses under an "8/80" overtime plan on a per diem pay basis.
Whether the transfer the surplus funds in the Southern California Rock Products and Ready Mixed Concrete Industries Welfare Plan to the Southern California Rock Products and Ready Mixed Concrete Industries pension plans to reduce the unfunded liabilities would violate sections 403, 404 and/or 406 of ERISA.
Whether the purchase from, or the continuance in force with, Transincorp, Transamerica Life, or Occidental insurance companies of a contract for life insurance, health insurance or annuities by any employee benefit plan covering employees of Transamerica Corporation or any member of the Transamerica controlled group is not a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), by reason of the exemption contained in section 408(b)(5)(B) of ERISA and section 4975(d)(5)(B) of the Code. Whether the percentage formula contained in section 408(b)(5)(B) of ERISA and section 4975(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code will not be applied separately to the insurance premium and annuity consideration receipts of Occidental, Transamerica Life and Transincorp.
Provisions to assure that workers are adequately protected from noise exposure. - [1910.95(c)]
Proposed shopping news publication would be a newspaper for the purpose of section 13(d) of the Act, and the employees exclusively engaged in the delivery of the news or the company's daily newspaper would come within the 13(d) exemption.
Whether an employer who sponsors a non-Model SEP would be adversely affected, in terms of using the alternative method of compliance with the reporting and disclosure requirements provided under section 2520.104-49, if a participant directs the Bank to invest his/her funds in the "special notice account" which restricts withdrawal, despite the availability of other investment options which do not have such a restriction.
Variable day to day exposures cannot be averaged for compliance with action level - [1910.95(c)]
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