April 23, 1999

LABOR DEPARTMENT SUES OHIO EXECUTIVE OVER MISUSE OF 401(K) CONTRIBUTIONS

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The U.S. Department of Labor has sued the owner of Columbus, Ohio-based TennOhio Transportation Co. for failing to deposit employee contributions into investment accounts of the company's 401(k) plan and keeping plan money in accounts of TennOhio and related companies.

April 21, 1999

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Frito-lay Inc. Agrees to Pay $225,000 in Back Wages to 233 Minority Applicants for Discrimination Found at Louisiana Plant

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Frito-lay Inc. Agrees to Pay $225,000 in Back Wages to 233 Minority Applicants for Discrimination Found at Louisiana Plant [04/21/1999]

April 21, 1999

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Ends Review of Freedom of Association Complaint Against Canada

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Ends Review of Freedom of Association Complaint Against Canada [04/21/1999]

April 16, 1999

ERISA ADVISORY COUNCIL’S WORKING GROUPS TO TAKE TESTIMONY ON 1999 STUDY ISSUES

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The Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will hold meetings for its three working groups on May 5 and 6. All sessions will be held at the Department of Labor’s Frances Perkins Building at 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, in Room N3437A-B.

April 8, 1999

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS

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The U. S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee will hold public meetings on April 20 and 21 to continue its discussion of the process and criteria to be used in developing a proposed rule on whether an employee benefit plan is established or maintained under a collective bargaining agreement.

April 7, 1999

COURT APPOINTS INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE TO OPERATE FLORIDA 401(K) PLAN

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A Federal District Court in Miami, Fla. has appointed an independent trustee to manage and terminate the 401(k) plan of Hollywood, Fla.-based Carolina Fitness Equipment, Inc. under a settlement agreement obtained by the U. S. Department of Labor.

April 1, 1999

Dallas Businessman Sentenced For Misappropriating Pension Assets

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A Texas state court today ordered the owner of Dallas-based Programmed for Success to pay $4,044.30 in restitution, fined him $750 and sentenced him to12 months of probation for misappropriating pension contributions owed to the company’s retirement plan.

March 31, 1999

TRUSTEES OF HOWARD BEACH, NEW YORK TEAMSTERS UNION PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS AND EMPLOYER SETTLE LABOR DEPARTMENT LAWSUIT OVER IMPROPER PAYMENT OF EXPENSES

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order requiring the trustees of the pension, annuity, education and welfare funds of Local 363 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters located in Howard Beach, N.Y., and TAP Electrical Contracting Service, Inc., a contributing employer to the plans, to pay more than $1.4 million to the funds as restitution for improper reimbursements made to contributing employers for legal expenses and back wages.

March 29, 1999

OWNERS OF HOUSTON COMPANY SUED OVER MISUSE OF PROFIT SHARING PLAN ASSETS

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Superior Engine Rebuilding Co. of Houston and its owners have been sued by the U.S. Department of Labor for withdrawing more than $344,000 from the company’s profit sharing plan for use by themselves and to pay creditors of the company.

The Superior Engine Rebuilding Co. was formed in Houston to rebuild motor vehicular engines. The company’s profit sharing plan covered as many as 29 participants and had assets of $880,367 as of Jan. 31, 1992.

March 25, 1999

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Gains in Fight Against International Child Labor

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Labor Department Issues Report on Gains in Fight Against International Child Labor [03/25/1999]

March 25, 1999

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: "Salad Bowl" Growers Get the Message about Child Labor

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: "Salad Bowl" Growers Get the Message about Child Labor [03/25/1999]

March 17, 1999

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Herman Announces Major Grants to Fight Child Labor in Africa

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Herman Announces Major Grants to Fight Child Labor in Africa [03/17/1999]

For more information call: (202) 219-8211

The U.S. is providing $7.5 million to fund programs to eliminate exploitative child labor in Africa. Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman announced the grants today in her keynote speech to the United States-Africa Ministerial.

March 15, 1999

Labor Department Sues Sutersville Lumber Company Pension Plan Officials And Investment Manager

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The U.S. Department of Labor today filed a lawsuit against trustees of two pension plans sponsored by the Sutersville Lumber Company for violating federal pension law by transferring over $500,000 in profit sharing plan assets to the company to pay off a bank loan, which is guaranteed, to its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

March 15, 1999

Labor Department Reaches Court Settlement With Gmp Associates, President In Pension Case

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March 5, 1999

LABOR DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH OHIO CORPORATION AND PLAN TRUSTEES

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring Bertin Steel Processing, Inc. of Wickliffe, Ohio and trustees of its welfare plan to pay $556,842 as restitution for improper loans made by the plan and appointing an independent entity to manage the plan.

March 3, 1999

HHS SECRETARY SHALALA AND DOL SECRETARY HERMAN ANNOUNCE MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT WORKING GROUP TO IMPROVE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CHILDREN

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Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman today announced formation of the Medical Child Support Group to study and provide recommendations on how to improve the enforcement of medical support obligations for children.

The working group was established by the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998.

March 2, 1999

PWBA Press Release: Iowa Insurance Company to Refund More than $6 Million [03/02/99]

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For more information call: (202) 219-8921

An Iowa based insurance company, formerly Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa and South Dakota, will pay $6.875 million to employers and their workers who were denied discounts they should have received for health services.

February 17, 1999

PENSION AGENCY HOSTS NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE DAY

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Regional offices of the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) will host a nationwide "Employee Benefits Customer Service Day" on a Saturday, March 20, 1999 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

February 8, 1999

LABOR SECRETARY NAMES CHAIRS FOR ERISA ADVISORY COUNCIL

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Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman today named Barbara A. Uberti of Wilmington, Del. as chair of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans and Dr. Thomas J. Mackell, Jr. of Santa Fe, N.M. and New York City as its vice chair.