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Labor Department Published
Final Class Exemption On Settlement of Litigation [12/31/03]
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Labor Department Releases
2003 Form 5500 Annual Report and Guidance on Filing
Requirements [12/29/03]
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Labor Department Sponsors
Workshop on Complying With Federal Pension Law [12/22/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Chicago Mobile Telephone Company and 401(k) Trustee For
Delinquent Employee Contributions to Plan [12/22/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Officers of Texas Professional Employee Organization Over
Delinquent Plan Contributions [12/22/03]
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Labor Department Sues Albuquerque Company and Its 401(k) Plan Officials To Recover Delinquent Contributions [12/17/03]
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Labor Department Settles With Houston Aircraft Manufacturer Over Misuse of Employee Pension Contributions [12/17/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Executive of Defunct Illinois Corporation To Prevent Avoidance
of Debts Owed to Welfare Plans [12/09/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Rule to Streamline Registration by Investment Managers to Plans [12/08/03]
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Labor Department Seeks
Independent Fiduciary To Manage Abandoned 401(k) Plan [12/04/03]
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Labor Department Sues Owners Of Houston Healthcare Facility For Misuse Of Plan Assets [12/03/03]
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Labor Department Obtains Court Order Preventing Former Texas Executive From Avoiding Debt To Plan [12/03/03]
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Labor Department Settles
Lawsuit with Fiduciaries Of Bankrupt Ohio Industries
Retirement and Health Plans [12/01/03]
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Federal and State Agencies Announce Actions Against Security Trust Company; Phoenix Bank will Undergo Orderly Dissolution and Close by March 31, 2004 [11/25/03]
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Labor Department Obtains Settlement with Ford Motor Company For Federal Benefit Plan Reporting Violations [11/25/03]
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Labor Department Sues Alabama Firm and Plan Officials Over Delinquent Employee Contributions [11/24/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Houston Plan Official For Abandoning Profit Sharing Plan [11/20/03]
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U.S. Labor Department Seeks
Appointment of Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned West Long
Branch, N.J. 401(k) Plan [11/20/03]
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Labor Department Issues
Reporting And Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans [11/20/03]
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New Data Show
Record-Breaking Results From Strong Enforcement, Compliance
Assistance [11/18/03]
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Defunct Houston Company and Trustee Sued to Restore Employee Contributions to 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan [11/17/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Exemption For U.S. Steel Corporation on In-Kind
Pension Contribution [11/14/03]
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U.S. Department of Labor
Extends Annual Reports Deadline After California Wildfires [11/13/03]
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U.S. Labor Department Restores $46,777 To Illinois Retirement Plans
[11/12/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Judgment Preventing Former Trustee from Avoiding Debt to Plan
[11/05/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Judgment Restoring Over $34,000 to Health and 401(k) Plans of
Ohio Company [11/04/03]
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ERISA Advisory Council to Hold Final Meetings
for 2003 [11/03/03]
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Labor Department Sues Executives of Indiana Marketing Firm For Failure to Prudently Manage Health Plan [10/30/03]
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Labor Department Sues Owner
of Defunct Georgia Company Over Abandoned 401(k) Plan [10/30/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Trustee of Wisconsin 401(k) Plan Over Delinquent Employee
Contributions [10/29/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Belgium Foundry Official For Failing To Forward Employee
Contributions to 401(k) Plans [10/29/03]
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Labor Department Settlement
Requires Plan Administrator To Terminate Cyrus Intersoft’s
401(k) Plan [10/23/03]
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Labor Department Sues Bankrupt Illinois Computer Firm Over Delinquent Employee Contributions [10/22/03]
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Labor Department Sues to Restore Assets to Pension Plan Of Pennsylvania Health Services Firm [10/22/03]
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Former Employee of Florida
Ironworkers Union Indicted For Embezzling $30,000 From Welfare
Plan [10/22/03]
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Labor Department Proposes
Amendment To Exemption on Securities Lending [10/22/03]
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Labor Department Seeks
Restitution and Independent Fiduciary For Retirement Saving
Plan of Maryland Marketing Firm [10/21/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Florida Insurer And Plan Trustee For Mismanagement of Pension
Assets [10/16/03]
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Nevada Court Enters $7.3
Million Judgment Against Principals of Employers Mutual [10/14/03]
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Media Advisory - HIPAA and
Other Health Laws: North Carolina Compliance Assistance
Seminar [10/10/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Decision Replacing Officials of New York Union Plan - Affects
Workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey [10/08/03]
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New York Corporation and
Owner Ordered to Restore $1.7 Million to Health and Welfare
Plan [10/07/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Chicago Meade Communications and 401(k) Trustee For Delinquent
Employee Contributions to Plan [09/26/03]
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U.S. Department of Labor,
IRS and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Extend Annual
Reports Deadline After Hurricane Isabel [09/24/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Judgment Appointing Independent Fiduciary of Abandoned
Westerville, Ohio 401(k) Plan [09/23/03]
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Labor Department Announces
Proposed Effective Date Of COBRA Regulations Will Be Delayed [09/17/03]
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Labor Department Releases Advisory Opinion on Profile Information Provided by Retirement Plan Fiduciaries [09/12/03]
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ERISA Advisory Council to Hold September
Teleconferences [09/11/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Amendment To
Investment Management Exemption [09/02/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Trustees Of Seven Union Pension And Health Plans Over
Investments With Oregon Investment Manager [08/29/03]
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Labor Department Solicits
Nominations For 2004 ERISA Advisory Council [08/27/03]
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Trustee To Restore Assets to
Ohio Glass Company 401(K) Plan Under Judgment Obtained by
Labor Department [08/21/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Wisconsin Company and 401(k) Plan Trustees Over Delinquent
Employee Contributions [08/20/03]
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Department of Labor, IRS and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Extend Annual Reports Deadline After Power Blackout [08/19/03]
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Labor Department Grants
Exemption For Northwest Airlines Pension Contribution [08/18/03]
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Court Appoints Independent
Fiduciary And Restores Assets to Retirement Plans of Maryland
Companies [08/11/03]
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Labor Department Sues Iowa Contractor’s Officials For Not Forwarding Contributions to 401(k) Plan
[08/06/03]
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Labor Department Settles With Bay Area Pension Plan Managers To Restore Funds To Plan
[08/04/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Default Judgment Against Baltimore Company and 401(k) Trustee
[08/04/03]
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Department of Labor
Announces Compliance Assistance Guide For Qualified Medical
Child Support Orders [08/04/03]
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Labor Department Sues to Restore
Assets To New York Retirement Plan and Appoint Independent Fiduciary
[07/30/03]
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Labor Department Testifies
on Oversight of the Thrift Savings Plan [07/24/03]
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New Labor Department Web
Site Can Help Millions Find Valuable Information On Health
Benefits [07/21/03]
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Labor Department Seeks
Appointment of Independent Fiduciary for Orphaned New Jersey
Money Purchase Plan [07/18/03]
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Norwich, Connecticut,
Employee Benefit Plan Officials Agree to Resolve Claims of
Over $800,000 in Prohibited Loans and Imprudent Investments in
Federal Lawsuit [07/18/03]
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Rhode Island Laborers’
Union Plan Officials Sued by U.S. Labor Department for Federal
Employee Benefits Law Violations [07/16/03]
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Assistant Secretary Combs Testifies on Bush Proposal To Strengthen Defined Benefit Pension Plans [07/15/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Fiduciaries of Illinois 401(k) and Medical Plans Over
Delinquent Employee Contributions [07/10/03]
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Labor Department Names
Independent Fiduciary for Defunct New York Corporation’s
401(k) Plan [07/07/03]
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Department of Labor Kansas
City Regional Director Retiring After 39 Years of Federal
Service [07/02/03]
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Abandoned New Jersey 401(K)
Plan Sued by Labor Department For Failing to Release
Participants’ Assets [07/02/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Principals Of Florida-Based Health Plan Service Provider [06/24/03]
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Aroostook County, Maine, Profit
Sharing Plan Fiduciaries Barred from Serving as Benefit Plan
Trustees [06/16/03]
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Independent Fiduciary Named to
Manage Penn’s Best, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan [06/12/03]
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Labor Department Obtains Court
Order Restoring Assets To Wisconsin Company’s Simple IRA
Plan [06/11/03]
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Media Advisory - HIPAA and Other Health Laws: Utah Compliance Assistance Seminar
[06/09/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Class
Exemption For Trust REITS [06/02/03]
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Labor Department Names
Independent Trustee To Terminate “Orphaned” Coastal Copy
Systems 401(K) Plan [05/28/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Consent Judgment Against Indiana Longshoremen’s Local
Trustees Over Misuse of Fund Assets [05/27/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Rules on Notices For COBRA Continuation Health Care Coverage [05/23/03]
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Pasadena Employer Ordered To
Restore 401(K) Plan Contributions - Labor Department Takes
Action to Protect Employees’ Benefits [05/21/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Minnesota Plan Administrator For Abandoning 401(k) Plan [05/21/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Final Settlement of Lawsuit Against U.S. Alliance Fiduciaries
[05/21/03]
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EBSA Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on
Allocation of Expenses by Defined Contribution Plans [05/20/03]
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Labor Department Sues Minnesota Company and Officials for Failing to Forward
Employee Contributions to 401(k) Plan [05/19/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Judgments Restoring Employee Contributions of Tulsa
Engineering Company 401(k) Plan [05/16/03]
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Labor Department Recovers
Employee Contributions to Retirement And Health Plans of West
Des Moines, Iowa Company [05/09/03]
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Labor Department Seeks
Appointment of Independent Fiduciary For Orphaned Alabama
401(K) Plan [05/09/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Restitution for Participants of Minnesota 401(k) Plan [05/08/03]
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Secretary of Labor Elaine L.
Chao to Meet With 2003 ERISA Advisory Council [05/08/03]
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EBSA Releases Field
Assistance Bulletin on Multiemployer 401(k) Plans [05/08/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Restitution for Participants Of Kansas Company for Misuse of
Simple IRA Plan Assets [05/07/03]
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Tennessee Corporation and
Former Executives Sued Over Improper Purchase of Company Stock
for Retirement Plan [05/07/03]
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L.A. Creative, Inc., and Its
Owners Make Restitution to 401(k) Plan, Barred From Dealing
with Plans [05/07/03]
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Labor Department Restores
401(k) Assets of Minnesota Participants [05/07/03]
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Watertown, New York, Company
Ordered To Produce Plan Documents [05/07/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Independent Fiduciary To Oversee HR Leasestaff’s 401(K) Plan
[05/01/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Defunct Virginia Firm Over Delinquent Employee Contributions [05/01/03]
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Labor Department Sues Miller
Plumbing SIMPLE IRA Plan Official For Failing to Forward
Employee Contributions [04/30/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Court Order Appointing Independent Fiduciary [04/24/03]
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Media Advisory - HIPAA and Other Health Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar
[04/24/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Baltimore Company and 401(k) Plan Official For Failure to
Forward Employee Contributions [04/23/03]
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Labor Department Obtains Court
Order Restoring Contributions to Participants in Canton, Ohio
401(k) Plan [04/17/03]
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EBSA Releases Field Assistance Bulletin on
“Participant Loan” Rules [04/15/03]
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Mental Health Parity Act
Extended To December 31, 2003 [04/11/03]
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U.S. Labor Secretary Appoints New Members To ERISA Advisory Council, Names
Leadership [04/09/03]
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Oklahoma Employee Leasing
Firm, Owner To Restore Delinquent Plan Contributions [04/08/03]
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Labor Department Publishes Rules for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
[04/07/03]
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Media Advisory - HIPAA and
Other Health Laws: Compliance Assistance Seminar [04/04/03]
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Labor Department Sues Florida Corporation President for Abandonment of 401(k)
Plan [04/01/03]
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Labor Department Sues Cook
County Company Plan Trustee For Failing to Forward Employee
Contributions and Loan Repayments [03/31/03]
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Labor Department Sues Trustees of Bronx, New York Carpenters Benefit Plans
Over Misuse of Plan Assets [03/28/03]
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Labor
Department Seeks Independent Fiduciary for 401(k) Plan Of
Defunct New York City Firm [03/24/03]
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Former
Georgia Training Fund Coordinator Pleads Guilty To
Embezzlement [03/24/03]
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Labor
Department Sues Defunct Money Centre For Failure to Pay Health
Claims [03/20/03]
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Labor
Department Sues Ohio Glass Company and 401(k) Plan Trustee
Over Delinquent Employee Contributions and Loan Payments [03/19/03]
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Labor Department Sues Retirement Plan Trustee For Misusing Plan Assets to Pay
Legal Fees [03/18/03]
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Labor
Department Settles Pension Plan Lawsuit Against Bankrupt Owner
of Michigan Company [03/17/03]
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Alexandria,
Minnesota SIMPLE IRA Plan Official Agrees To Repay Plan for Delinquent Contributions
[03/17/03]
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Labor
Department Announces Electronic Access To Health Filings on
MEWAs [03/17/03]
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Executives
Of Defunct Maryland Computer Firm Sued To Recover 401(K)
Assets [03/14/03]
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Assistant
Secretary of Labor Testifies On Oversight and Enforcement of
Association Health Plans [03/13/03]
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Labor Department Sues Owner of Two Colorado Firms to Restore More than
$17,000 to Pension Plan Participants [03/13/03]
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Marlborough,
Connecticut, Companies Agree to Refund Over $900,000 to Health
Benefit Plan Clients to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [03/12/03]
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U.S.
Labor Department Files Complaint In Bankruptcy Action To
Recoup Pension Assets For Austin Miller Workers [03/11/03]
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Trustees
and Owners Ordered to Restore 401(k) Plan Assets Under
Judgment Obtained by Labor Department [03/10/03]
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Labor
Department Sues Former Sea Island Corporation’s Pension Plan
Administrator for Failing to Forward Employee Contributions [03/10/03]
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Labor
Department Sues Illinois Corporation and its President for
Abandonment of 401(k) Plan [03/07/03]
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Secretary
Elaine L. Chao Joins Senate Lawmakers on Introduction of
Association Health Plan Legislation Labor Department Prepared
to Administer New Health Reform Protections [03/06/03]
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Former Foxboro,
Massachusetts Nursing Home Company and President Agree to Pay
Outstanding Employee Medical Claims as the result of U.S.
Labor Department Lawsuit [03/04/03]
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Labor Department Announces
Compliance Assistance Program for ERISA Health Laws [02/26/03]
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Labor Department Obtains
Restitution For Georgia Profit Sharing Plan [02/26/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Minnesota Executive Over Delinquent Employee Contributions [02/25/03]
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Indiana Trucking Company and
Retirement Plan Trustee to Make Restitution for Misusing
Employee Benefits [02/25/03]
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Labor Department Announces
Advisory Opinion On Overdraft Protection For Plans [02/20/03]
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Assistant Secretary of Labor Testifies on President's Pension Security Reforms [02/13/03]
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Labor Department Recovers
Employee Pension Assets From Michigan Company and Owners [02/11/03]
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Labor Department Proposes
Class Exemption On Settlement of Litigation [02/10/03]
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Labor Department Obtains Summary Judgment Against Virginia Firm And Owner Over
Misuse of 401(k) and Health Plan Assets [02/06/03]
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Independent Fiduciary
Appointed to Abandoned 401(K) Plan Of Defunct New York City
Publishing Company [02/06/03]
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Labor Department Sues Plan
Officials Of Production Workers Local 148 for Engaging in
Multiple Prohibited Transactions [02/04/03]
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Labor Department Sues to
Obtain Independent Fiduciary For Abandoned Chicago 401(k) Plan
[02/04/03]
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Labor Department Requires
California Metal Company to Guarantee Price of Stock
Contributed To Retirement Plan [02/04/03]
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Labor Secretary Chao Renames
Agency Administering Retirement and Health Benefits [02/03/03]
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Labor Department Seeks Appointment of Independent Fiduciary for Orphaned Pennsylvania 401(k) Plan
[02/03/03]
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Labor Department Sues Official of Terminated Canton, Ohio Pension Plan to
Recover Delinquent Contributions [02/03/03]
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Labor Department Sues Former
Company Officers for Losses to Employee Pension Plan [01/23/03]
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Labor Department Issues
Final Rules on Disclosure Of Pension Plan “Blackout Periods”
Completes Major Step in President Bush’s Retirement Security
Plan [01/23/03]
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Labor Department Sues Spain
Electric to Recover Employee Contributions to Pension and
Health Plans [01/22/03]
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Labor Department Sues
Marietta Industrial Enterprises to Recover Participant
Contributions and Loan Payments to Pension Plan [01/22/03]
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Labor Department Adjusts
Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation [01/22/03]
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Labor Department Proposes Exemption For Northwest Airlines to Contribute
Corporate Stock [01/16/03]
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Labor Department Sues Former
Executives of Bucyrus, Ohio Company For Failure to Forward
Employee Contributions to Pension And Health Plans [01/14/03]
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Secretary Elaine L. Chao
Announces Information Military Reservists And Their Families
Need to Know About Employee Benefits - Rights to Pension and Health Coverage
Continue During Military Service [01/10/03]
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Trustee Ordered to Restore Employee Contributions to Illinois Profit Sharing
Plan [01/10/03]
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Labor Department Releases 2002 Form 5500s
[01/09/03]
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PWBA Requests Input on Safe
Harbors For Automatic Rollovers [01/06/03]
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Illinois Firm and President
to Restore Assets to 401(k) Plan under Judgment Obtained by
Labor Department [01/02/03]
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