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 To petition for a significant guidance document to be created, modified, reconsidered, or rescinded, email the Department of Labor.
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Training requirements for employees exposed to lead above and below the action level; Exposure monitoring requirements of the lead standard. - [1910.1025(l)(1)(i); 1910.1025(d)]
You request an advisory opinion that the insurance policies would not be assets of the proposed plan.
"1. For diversification purposes, is the investment (of a plan in the Fund) a single limited partnership interest, or is it the underlying investments of the limited partnership?
2. If the investment is determined to be the ultimate assets of the Fund, would the trustee be prudent in accepting the terms of the limited partnership agreement as evidence of compliance of the Fund's investments with section 404(a)(1)?
3. Must the trustee attempt to supervise the actual investments of the Fund?"
CPL 02-02-031 [CPL 2-2.31] - National - Cotton Dust Manual - 01/16/1981
The application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to investment programs under which multiemployer plans may offer mortgage loans to plan participants and beneficiaries.
Whether a group insurance plan covering domestic sugar beet workers employed by beet growers contracting with The Great Western Sugar Company (G.W.S.) and paid for by G.W.S. is covered by ERISA as an employee benefit plan.
Whether the Living Income Benefit (the Program) of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co. (the Employer) must comply with the reporting and disclosure requirements of title I of ERISA. We regret that our workload has resulted in a delay in responding to your inquiry.
The appropriate location for an air pressure sensor. - [1910.217]
Whether the Consolidated Labor Union Trust (the Trust) is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA, and whether an employee welfare benefit plan within the definition of section 3(1) can be maintained by more than one local.
You request an opinion that the Special Severance Pay Plan of Upper Peninsula Power Company (the Program) is a severance pay plan as defined in Department of Labor regulation 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-2(b).
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