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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.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
200 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20210
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Letter concerning proposed safety sign revisions. - [1910.145]
Opinion concerning the coverage of six employee benefit plans under both Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the predecessor law, the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, as Amended (WPPDA).
Whether the Plan is exempt from the provisions of ERISA by virtue of its being a "governmental plan" within the meaning of ERISA section 3(32).
Requesting an advisory opinion under the provisions of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (the Code) as to whether W.R. Grace & Co. (Grace) or a subsidiary thereof is a party in interest with respect to the Profit Sharing Plan of Contractors Service & Rentals, Inc. (the Plan).
Clarification of roll-over protective structures (ROPS) for tractors used in agricultural operations. - [1928.51]
The lead standard does not address pay for showering. - [1910.1025(i)(3)(i)]
Section 778.106 when the correct amount overtime compensation cannot be determined until some time after the regular pay period, the requirements will be satisfied if the employer pays the excess overtime compensation as soon after the regular pay period as is practicable.
Section 785.43 time spent by an employee in waiting for and receiving medical attention on the premises or at the direction of the employer during the employee's normal working hours on days when the employee is working constitutes hours worked.
Caterpillar track tractors. - [1910.267]
Clarification of the applicability of your steel backed cup abrasive wheels as they relate to the guarding requirements of the OSHA regulations. - [1910.215]
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