---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1695.8"
title: "29"
number: "1695.8"
heading: "Public access to current guidance documents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1695.8"
---

# §1695.8. Public access to current guidance documents.

- (a) All current guidance documents shall be published with a unique identifier including, at a minimum, the document's title, date of issuance or revision, and its Z-RIN (if applicable).
- (b) All current guidance documents shall made available through a single “guidance portal” on the Commission website, together with a single, searchable, indexed database available to the public;
- (c) The guidance portal shall include a statement that guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract;
- (d) The Commission shall maintain and advertise on its website a means for the public to comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice and comment procedures described in [§ 1695.6](/cfr/29/1695.6.md) and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents in accordance with [§ 1695.7](/cfr/29/1695.7.md); and
- (e) Designate an office to receive and address complaints from the public that the Commission is not following the relevant requirements for issuing guidance or is improperly treating a guidance document as a binding requirement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-12, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., 29 U.S.C. 628, 42 U.S.C. 12116, 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-10; E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235; OMB Memorandum M-20-02.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 69170, Nov. 2, 2020, unless otherwise noted.