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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service, announced a further extension of a number of deadlines so workers and employers affected by Hurricane Katrina have additional time to make critical health coverage decisions.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) clarifies recordkeeping provisions concerning who is an applicant in the context of the Internet and related technologies. The final rule published in today's Federal Register applies to federal contractors who are subject to the recordkeeping provisions of the laws enforced by OFCCP.

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Cleveland, Ohio - “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a compliance assistance seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), will take place in Eastlake, Ohio, November 2 at the Radisson Hotel and Suites, Cleveland-Eastlake, 35000 Curtis Blvd.

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Washington - The three working groups of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will convene by teleconference October 19-20 to discuss reports and recommendations to be submitted to the Secretary of Labor. The teleconference will be conducted from the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., Room N3437A, for those who wish to attend.

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Hartford, Connecticut - “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a compliance assistance seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), will take place in Farmington, Connecticut, November 17 at the Hartford Marriott Farmington, 15 Farm Springs Road.

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Buffalo, New York - The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit asking the federal district court in Buffalo to appoint an independent trustee for the Geneva B. Scruggs Community Health Care Center of Buffalo’s abandoned retirement plan.

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Salem, Oregon - A health law compliance assistance seminar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Oregon Insurance Division, will take place October 18-19 in Salem at the Salem Conference Center.

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San Francisco, California - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a workshop October 20 at the New Otani Hotel & Garden, 120 S. Los Angeles Street, to help accountants and their small business clients understand retirement savings options and how to start and operate a retirement plan.

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Warwick, Rhode Island - A health law compliance assistance seminar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Rhode Island Insurance Division, will take place November 8-9 in Warwick at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Labor today announced mandatory minimum wage rate increases for American Samoa. The rate increases will apply to all government employees and several of the covered private sector industries in the territory.

In June, the department appointed a six member committee to review local economic conditions and hear testimony from interested parties at a public meeting held in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The six-member committee was comprised of two members each representing the public sector, employers and employees.

WASHINGTON—Human service agencies in Maryland, District of Columbia, Illinois, Georgia, and North Dakota have been selected to take part in training and technical assistance programs for people with disabilities, the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) announced today.

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New York - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order appointing an independent fiduciary to manage the abandoned retirement plan of Lofek Construction Corporation, Newburgh, New York.

The company’s retirement plan, formally known as the National Benefit Retirement Plan and Trust, was abandoned when the company ceased operations in 1993 and the plan’s trustee died without naming a replacement to manage the plan.

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New York, New York - Project Solutions of Rochester Inc. and the owner of the defunct company, Earl Shepherd, agreed to repay $37,932.14 to the company’s 401(k) SIMPLE plan as restitution for employee contributions that were deducted from employees’ paychecks but never forwarded to the plan.

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Miami, Florida - A federal district court in Florida has ordered a Bay Harbor Islands dentist and the Morton Rosenbluth D.D.S. Professional Association to comply with a July 2004 judgment requiring them to make restitution to the retirement plans of the dental practice.

WASHINGTON—DisabilityInfo.gov, a one-stop Web site for disability-related information and resources, has received the Web Content Managers Best Practice Peer Award. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), which manages DisabilityInfo.gov, accepted the award that honors the Web site's outstanding "citizen-focused online services.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500-EZ annual report/returns for employee benefits plans due to property damage and destruction from Hurricane Rita in Louisiana and Texas.

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Detroit, Michigan - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a settlement restoring $17,657 in principal and interest to the 401(k) plan of Great Lakes Trucking Co. Inc., Perry, Michigan. The agreement also permanently bars the owner of the company from serving as a fiduciary or service provider to any employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Boston, Massachusetts - R&B Foods Inc., Haverhill, Massachusetts, and its owner agreed to repay $31,527.38 to the company’s 401(k) plan for distribution to 12 plan participants to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. The suit alleged misuse of plan assets under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).