March 5, 1997

Ohio Plan Officials Ordered to Restore More than $65,000 to Employee Benefit Plans

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Contact Name: Joseph Menez
Phone Number: 606.578.4680

The trustees of both the profit sharing and the defined benefit pension plan for Equity Planning Corporation in Beachwood, Ohio, were ordered to restore to both plans a total of $65,754 in a consent order and judgment obtained today by the U.S. Department of Labor.

March 4, 1997

Painters Official Sentenced for Embezzling Welfare Funds

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Contact Name: Gloria Della
Phone Number: 202.219.8921

A Grand Rapids, Mich. court ordered the former welfare plan trustee of Local 312 of the Painters and Allied Trades Joint Apprenticeship Fund in Kalamazoo, Mich. to make restitution and sentenced him to four months of house arrest, three years of probation and 120 hours of community service.

February 26, 1997

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department Expands Lawsuit On Behalf Of Workers To Reclaim As Much As $5 Million Siphoned From Health Funds [02/26/1997]

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The Labor Department announced today it will pursue additional charges against managers of Chicago-based group health and welfare funds who allegedly used assets to pay expenses for cell phones and health club memberships while as much as $5 million in health and welfare benefits went unpaid for some 3,000 workers.

February 13, 1997

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Labor Department To Fund Elimination Of Child Labor In Soccer Ball Industry

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Labor Department To Fund Elimination Of Child Labor In Soccer Ball Industry [02/13/1997]

February 7, 1997

EBSA Press Release: ERISA Advisory Council To Set 1997 Agenda [02/07/1997]

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The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will hold its first public meeting of 1997 on Thursday, March 6, at the U.S. Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building. The session will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Secretary of Labor's Conference Room, S2508.

February 4, 1997

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department Proposes Class Exemption For Plan Foreign Exchange Transactions [02/04/1997]

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For more information call: (202) 219-8921

The U. S. Labor Department today proposed broadening a class exemption for purchases and sales of foreign currencies between employee benefit plans and banks or broker-dealers.

January 30, 1997

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Reinvention Improves Protections for Whistleblowers and Farm Workers OSHA, ESA, Division to Swap Certain Duties Feb. 3

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Reinvention Improves Protections for Whistleblowers and Farm Workers OSHA, ESA, Division to Swap Certain Duties Feb. 3 [01/30/1997]

January 23, 1997

Chairs Named for ERISA Advisory Council

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Contact Name: Sharon Morrissey
Phone Number: 202.219.8921

Acting Secretary of Labor Cynthia Metzler today named Joyce A. Mader of Washington, D.C.,as the chairman of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. Also named as vice chair of the Council was Carl S. Feen of New Haven, Conn.

January 8, 1997

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Labor, Justice Join to Combat National Origin Discrimination

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Labor, Justice Join to Combat National Origin Discrimination [01/08/1997]

For more information call: 202/219-8211

In a move to protect legal workers' opportunities and rights, two federal agencies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today that will help prevent national origin discrimination in the workplace while curtailing the national problem of undocumented workers.

December 31, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Five New Members Named to ERISA Advisory Council [12/31/1996]

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December 18, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department addresses new Health Care Legislation overing millions of workers [12/18/1996]

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A reference guide to help employees and employers understand the effects of recent legislative changes on health plans is being issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.

December 10, 1996

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: U.S. NAO Again Moves To Review Workers Representation Issues In Mexico

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: U.S. NAO Again Moves To Review Workers Representation Issues In Mexico [12/10/1996]

November 14, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department Proposal Allows Conversion Of Plan Investments To Mutual Funds [11/14/1996]

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For more information call: (202) 219-8921

November 12, 1996

News Release Archive: OIG Press Release: Guilty Plea By Former Marine EngineersUnion Representative Ends Case Involving 16 Union Officials

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Inspector General

OIG Press Release: Guilty Plea By Former Marine Engineers Union Representative Ends Case Involving 16 Union Officials [11/12/1996]

October 15, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Millions of Workers Affected By Changes in Health Care Coverage [10/15/1996]

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October 15, 1996

EBSA Press Release: ERISA Advisory Council to Hold Public Meetings in November [10/15/1996]

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October 3, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department Announces Consumer Booklet to Monitor Pension Plan Operations [10/03/1996]

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September 27, 1996

EBSA Press Release: Labor Department Extends Announcement For Nominees To Employee Benefits Advisory Council [09/27/1996]

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