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Houston, Texas - The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order barring Aeropanel Corporation of Houston, Texas, and its president from violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in the future and requiring them to provide financial information to the government to resolve a lawsuit alleging they failed to forward employee contributions to the company’s 401(k) plan.

WASHINGTON—Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and Small Business Administration Administrator Hector V. Barreto today signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) designed to help people with disabilities pursue small business ownership and to also increase their employment opportunities in small businesses.

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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today proposed a rule that would require state-registered investment advisers seeking investment manager status under federal benefit law to register electronically through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD).

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New York, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit seeking an independent fiduciary to manage and distribute more than $300,000 in retirement assets for the benefit of participants of the Geophysical and Environmental Research Corporation’s (Geophysical) 401(k) plan in Millbrook, New York.

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WASHINGTON—Today U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao delivered the keynote address at the two-day Labor Department event entitled “Emergency Preparedness For People With Disabilities: An Interagency Seminar Of Exchange For Federal Managers.”

WASHINGTON—Noting “inadequate transportation can inhibit employment for all people, but is an even greater barrier to people with disabilities,” Dr. Roy Grizzard, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) said today, “Government at all levels is working to coordinate transportation policies and programs for those people with disabilities who need it the most.”

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SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it has reached an agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. to pay 20,546 workers $4,779,985 in back wages as a result of alleged violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

T-Mobile, a provider of wireless telecommunication services, is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.

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WASHINGTON—U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao today released the Department of Labor’s annual enforcement statistics, showing that the Department’s innovative and effective approach to protecting workers is yielding record-breaking results. Chao noted that American workers are safer and are receiving more back wages—including overtime pay—than in the past.

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