29 CFR § 1695.8 - Public access to current guidance documents.

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title: "29 CFR § 1695.8 - Public access to current guidance documents."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1695.8"
section_name: "Public access to current guidance documents."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
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part_name: "GUIDANCE PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 553, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-12, 29 U.S.C. 201  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."
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# 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 and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents in accordance with § 1695.7; 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.