May 4, 1998

Philadelphia Nursing Home Pension Trustees Ordered To Resign Positions And Repay Plan

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Philadelphia-based Mercy-Douglass Corp., its subsidiaries and trustees of the company's pension plan have agreed to repay the plan $432,137, including interest, as a result of a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Labor Department.

In addition, the consent judgment requires that an independent trustee be appointed to manage the plan.

May 4, 1998

Pa. Pension Trustee Sentenced For Embezzling Plan Money

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A federal district court in Philadelphia ordered the trustee of the Dr. Lawrence Manin Profit Sharing Plan, located in Cherry Hill, N.J., to make $24,093 in restitution, sentenced him to12 months and one day in prison in prison, and placed him on probation.

April 29, 1998

Former Orange County Investment Firm Sued Over Mismanagement Of Profit Sharing Plan

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The owner of a real estate investment firm, Bainbridge Investments, Inc., formerly located in Orange County, Calif., was sued by the U. S. Department of Labor for improperly operating the company’s profit sharing plan. The plan was financially illiquid and resulted in its inability to pay benefits owed to participants.

April 28, 1998

News Release Archive: OIG Press Release: Members of Three Organized Crime Families Indicted on Racketeering and Extortion Charges in Garment Industry

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Inspector General

OIG Press Release: Members of Three Organized Crime Families Indicted on Racketeering and Extortion Charges in Garment Industry [04/28/1998]

April 24, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Again Sues Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. For Labor Law Violations

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Again Sues Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. For Labor Law Violations [04/24/1998]

April 24, 1998

EBSA Press Release: ERISA Advisory Council Working Groups to Hold Organizational Meetings in May [04/24/1998]

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April 20, 1998

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Herman Expands Department's Fight Against Child Labor to Central America

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Herman Expands Department's Fight Against Child Labor to Central America [04/20/1998]

April 20, 1998

Colorado Leasing Firm And Owner Barred From Handling Plan Busi

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PROSERA CMI, Inc., an employee leasing firm formerly headquartered in Englewood, Colo., affiliated firms and their owner were removed from their positions with the firm’s health plan and permanently barred from serving or doing business with employee benefit plans governed by federal pension law under a court judgment obtained by the U. S. Department of Labor.

April 17, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Corestates Enters into $1.5 Million Settlement Agreement with U.S. Labor Department

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: CoreStates Enters into $1.5 Million Settlement Agreement with U.S. Labor Department [04/17/1998]

April 17, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Finds 36 YoungChildren Illegally Employed in Texas Agriculture; Four Growers Agree to Compliance Monitoring

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Finds 36 Young Children Illegally Employed in Texas Agriculture; Four Growers Agree to Compliance Monitoring [04/17/1998]

April 10, 1998

Marquette Businessmen Make Restitution To 401(K) And Health Participants

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order and judgment requiring the trustees of the Choice Advantage Auto Group 401(k) and cafeteria plans to waive all rights to distributions from the 401(k) plan until until all other participants in the plan receive their full benefits.

April 8, 1998

Minnesota Check Printers Settle Labor Department Lawsuit Involving Life Insurance Premiums

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement in which Deluxe Corp. and its subsidiary Deluxe Printers, Inc., based in St. Paul, Minn., have agreed to give employees a premium reduction on life insurance payments owed for eligible participants and dependents.

April 7, 1998

News Release Archive: OIG Press Release: Stephen J. Cossu Appointed Assistant Inspector General for Investigations

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Inspector General

OIG Press Release: Stephen J. Cossu Appointed Assistant Inspector General for Investigations [04/07/1998]

April 2, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Labor Department Announces Proposed Changes To Reinforce Equal Pay Between Women and Men

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Labor Department Announces Proposed Changes To Reinforce Equal Pay Between Women and Men [04/02/1998]

March 30, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: Labor Department Releases Quarterly Garment Report Investigations Recover Over $330,000 Owed to Workers

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: Labor Department Releases Quarterly Garment Report Investigations Recover Over $330,000 Owed to Workers [03/30/1998]

For more information call: 202/219-7317 (ext. 118)

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $330,595 in back wages for 1,233 garment workers during the last three months of 1997, according to the department's Garment Enforcement Report released today.

March 30, 1998

Ohio Dairy Executives Charged With Misusing 401(K) Assets

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The U. S. Department of Labor today sued executives of Brewster Dairy, Inc., in Brewster, Ohio, for imprudently investing more than $1 million of the company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan assets in a real estate limited partnership.

Brewster Dairy is a manufacturer of cheese and other dairy byproducts. The 401(k) plan, which covered 194 employees, had $10,440,119 in assets as of March 1996.

March 27, 1998

News Release Archive: ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Crack down on Labor Law Violations in Saipan Results in More Court Actions

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

ESA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Crack Down on Labor Law Violations in Saipan Results in More Court Actions [03/27/1998]

March 26, 1998

Trustee Of Inglewood 401(K) Plan Charged With Misusing Pension Money

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The U. S. Department of Labor has obtained a court judgment removing Levi J. Carey Sr., owner of Inglewood-based Computer Software Analysts, Inc., as a trustee to the company’s 401(k) plan and appointing an independent trustee to oversee the plan.

March 23, 1998

News Release Archive: ILAB Press Release: Statement by Irasema Garza Secretary of the U.S. NationalAdministrative Office Public Hearing on Allegations that Mexico Failed to Enforce its Labor Laws at Plant of U.S. Subsidiary Corporation in Mexico

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Press Release: Statement by Irasema Garza Secretary of the U.S. National Administrative Office Public Hearing on Allegations that Mexico Failed to Enforce its Labor Laws at Plant of U.S. Subsidiary Corporation in Mexico [03/23/1998]

For more information call: (202) 219-6373

Good morning and thank you for being here so early in the morning.

March 16, 1998

Executive To Make Restitution To Profit Sharing Plan

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The U. S. Department of Labor today has obtained a settlement agreement requiring an owner of now-defunct Home Electric Service, Inc. of Lake Worth, Fla. to make restitution of $30,000 to the company’s profit sharing plan and appointing an independent manager to oversee the plan.